Rupert Blanchard's Vintage Boxes

Furniture designerRupert Blanchard collects vintage cardboard boxes, owning a collection totalling hundreds. He bought his first box at a car-boot sale in Swindon, and now stores the majority at his workshop (the Momosan shop) on Kingsland Road, east London. They act as milestones in the timeline of consumerism in Britain, or a hallmark for the items that they carry. “They normally serve as a date stamp for the co...