container store

uniqlo container by lot-ek

my favorite architects LOT/EK have designed this mobile kiosk for japanese clothing store UNIQLO which i saw at a street fair in new york yesterday – it is made from a small shipping container with slots cut out for windows, a pneumatic entranceway and this ingenious drop-down dressing room (right). it’s a great way to both shop and ship, letting you explore the products of global trade inside its mainstay, the container.

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  • By container mega-store :: hyperexperience on April 1, 2008 at 7:56 am

    […] of steel shipping containers sliced and stacked into a modular shippable package. Like their UNIQLO kiosk it will act as an event-building, traveling to promote the brand without ever needing to be rooted […]

  • By container mega-store | Creative Synthesis on April 1, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    […] of steel shipping containers sliced and stacked into a modular shippable package. Like their UNIQLO kiosk it will act as an event-building, traveling to promote the brand without ever needing to be rooted […]