作为全球化的重要标志，集装箱已经连接全球数十年。如今，网络正在进入自己的第二轮：以建筑的风格重新设计的集装箱作为一种当代生活方式被带到了我们的生活环境中——独立、灵活、不同寻常。

本书展示了世界各地最新的集装箱项目，并展示了一开始是大规模生产的物品是如何变成****的东西的。作为酒吧、展览空间或快闪店，它们在城市环境下以交流和消费平台的形式呈现，而扩大的集装箱模型用作有趣的朴素住家，个性化的箱子元素提供创造性的工作环境。“跳出箱子来思考问题”因此被赋予了建筑上的意义。

本书采用日本开放式装订设计以突出书中使用的原材料。

A key symbol of globalization, containers have connected the globe for many decades. Now the networking is entering its second round: Architecturally redesigned containers are present in our direct living environments as an expression of a contemporary lifestyle – independent, flexible, and unconventional.

This volume presents the latest container projects from around the world and shows how originally mass-produced items can be turned into exceptional one-of-a-kind objects. As bars, exhibition spaces, or pop-up stores they are present in the urban context as a platform for communication and consumption, while expanded container modules serve as interestingly understated homes, and individual box elements offer creative work environments. The phrase “to think outside the box” is thus given an architectural identity.

The book is designed with a Japanese open binding to emphasise the raw materials used within the book.