Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca has just opened its new pop-up location in London’s southbank with a building designed by London-based architects Softroom. Composed of eight shipping containers and adorned with murals by international street artists, the restaurant functions as an experimental kitchen with monthly food specials over the course of 18 months, after which the project will move to another location.
LACOSTE, L!VE POP-UP. LACOSTE’s dynamic and energetic sub-brand, LACOSTE L!VE evokes a spirit that challenges the traditional retail experience. Partnering with the LACOSTE team and SG Blocks, we conceived a mobile retail solution, built from a repurposed shipping containing, that takes the L!VE experience out of stores and on the road to our favorite summer spots.
Urbantainer, a South Korean based architecture and design firm combined a stock metal container with sheets of raw corrugated cardboard resulting in a unique branded kiosk called the Naver App Square. Meant to look like a giant opened up cardboard parcel, the exterior is wrapped with packaging and shipping graphics including a QR code label visitors can scan.
