Shipping Container

Ever wondered what's in those large metal boxes you drive past on the motorway? Ever considered where the parts of the car you're driving come from, and how they got to the factory? Inevitably it involved being boxed-up in a shipping container. 90% o... Read more

Ever wondered what's in those large metal boxes you drive past on the motorway? Ever considered where the parts of the car you're driving come from, and how they got to the factory? Inevitably it involved being boxed-up in a shipping container. 90% of the goods and materials that move around the globe do so in shipping containers, which make them a central player in our consumer society, changing the look and feel of the towns and cities we live in. This book unearths the importance of the apparently mundane shipping container in shaping the world around us. It argues that the container plays an important role beyond its original, intended function, both in illicit ways through drug smuggling and people trafficking, and also in a variety of architectural and design contexts. This is reflected in the book's approach, which is framed by the various political, economic, social contexts where the container has featured, as well as its influence in popular culture, from TV shows such as" The Wire" to the lyrics of Fall songs. Less