I would be the first to admit that shipping containers are not the most beautiful of things to look at – particularly when they have been in use for sometime. They often have dents and scratches on them and look shabby after carrying cargo for a number of years. So imagine my surprise when I came across this photograph which makes a depot full of new and used shipping containers look – well at the risk of sounding all poetic – like a jewelled wonderland.
These cargo containers are sited in downtown Chicago, and I would be the first to admit that the lighting has a large amount to do with the overall effect. Shipping Containers are really not designed to be beautiful, just practical. Yet, as we have seen before, shipping containers can be converted into beautiful things. Just look at this house which is made out of them.
So maybe beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all – at least as far as a shipping container is concerned?