Boxpark in Shoreditch, East London, was set up in 2011 as the world’s first pop-up shopping mall. It is made of stripped and refitted shipping containers, joined together and stacked. In this way they create unusual and theoretically low cost retail units that are suitable for pop-up stores. They may sound cramped from this description, but actually they make decent sized shops.
Brands represented include OnePiece, Smiley, Marimekko and Urban Ears. I’m not convinced it is entirely as intended – there are too many established brands to be termed pop-up in my opinion. In fact, Nike has a very large space upstairs.
This place is well worth a look, however, for its unusual setting and good intentions. It is a lively space, featuring music and art events and has a nice selection of eateries on the roof.
For sample wares, check out Seeing Triple.
Travel with Intent 
Another idea would be to use the disused containers as shelter for the homeless…
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D’you know, I’ve visited Shoreditch quite a few times this year, but never knew the background to this – fascinating!
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Its a fun place isn’t it? Why have you been visiting?
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I took an online photography course run by Otto von Münchow ( ) and for my personal project I did my take on Street Art (still need to post some more of these), hence Shoreditch, and Horton.
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Ooops… Otto’s blog is In Flow, at http://munchow.wordpress.com
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Thanks Sounds interesting – I’m off to take a look.
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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How unusual.
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Goodness knows how they thought of it!
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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