Boxpark makes its mark

Opening this August, Boxpark is planning to bring some shabby chic glamour to a wasteland patch in London’s Shoreditch.

Housing creative types in a make-shift market opposite the Tea building just a short walk from the financial services at Liverpool Street, Boxpark will be made entirely out of shipping containers stacked two high creating an interesting shopping experience that is also affordable for designers and makers.

With a vision that Boxpark will change the retail environment in Shoreditch to showcase, for the first time, brands and companies that have not had the opportunity to take a London space of their own. This is a very exciting opportunity to find something original, fresh and unique in a time where anyone can be online and everywhere we should see some great emerging brands at Boxpark.

Using a space that will eventually see a major development built in its place, Boxpark is making the most of this open land, next to Shoreditch High Street station, and a material that is in abundance in the UK, the shipping container. We import more than we export, and rather than sending the containers back over the oceans empty, they are often disposed of or reused. They have been used in many creative ways in the past, but if Boxpark is a success we may see many ‘pop-up’ malls appearing over the UK in years to come.