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This Agency’s Entire Business Is Shipping Containers

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When the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007 and resultant financial woes sent the country hurtling into recession, Boxman Studios CEO David Campbell, a real estate developer, had to quickly construct a new career for himself. He was awed by images of homes created out of shipping containers that he saw online—and recognized the enormous potential of the idea. He mulled a business creating temporary jails and dorm rooms out of the metal boxes, but with the growing popularity of pop-up shops and experiential marketing, he ultimately decided to take the concept in a different direction. His 40 employees have now built pop-up experiences for brands like Samsung, Nike and Hyundai, allowing their imaginations to run free as they create spaces like a multi-story PlayMaker’s Club game-day hangout and an out-of-home abode at a Google TED talk. “We play with Legos, just life-sized,” Campbell said.


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