An invention that might eliminate almost all of the wasted space in a cardboard box. Innovation by Design Awards Super-Early-Rate Deadline This Friday, 2/28. Apply Now!

Cardboard boxes are usually manufactured with edges (i.e. square or rectangular) because they can be made in one piece as well as neatly stacked. The advantage of making a round pizza box would ...

They helped the U.S. churn out a record 407 billion square feet of cardboard in 2020, says the Fibre Box Association. That’s 14,599 square miles of brown containerboard, as the industry calls it ...

(That’s why square-shaped boxes are so efficient.) But still, with a few tweaks–such as printed guidelines for easily creating boxes of different size–this could be the cleverest thing since ...