Shipping Container
Craig Martin’s book illuminates the “development of containerization”- including design history, standardization, aesthetics, and a surprising speculative discussion of the futurity of shipping containers.
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Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road
Fascinating article from NY Times documenting the travel of a container of laptops from China to The Netherlands via railways.
How Toyota changed the way we make things
Learn about how the company introduced an ethos that is now known as “lean manufacturing”.
Manufactured Landscapes
Manufactured Landscapes is a documentary about the work of the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, who solely photographs industrial sites.