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A Better Form Factor for Anti-Package-Theft Porch Lockers: A Useable Bench

Better design aside, the Boxr never made it to market

By Rain Noe - January 26

in Furniture Design

Package theft, a/k/a porch piracy continues to be a problem in America; some estimates say 26% of Americans have had a package stolen, others say the figure is 44%. Some companies have attempted to counter the problem by designing anti-package-theft porch lockers, and we looked at a variety of them here; they seemed to take their design cues from mailboxes and trash bins, and none were particularly attractive.

Canadian designer Eric Martin had a different idea: Why not make the package locker into a functional bench? He calls his design the Boxr:

Unfortunately, the idea never made it to market. Martin introduced the Boxr at the Interior Design Show nearly seven years ago…

…and the North of Modern website he set up to promote it still refers to an "upcoming crowdfunding campaign." Whether the project floundered due to a lack of interest or greater time demands on Martin, who is employed full-time at an architecture firm, we can't say. But I find the bench idea better and more attractive than the mailbox-style variants.

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Abe Froman

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Just another pointless thing to buy. Just send packages to your work address, Amazon/UPS/Fedex locker or location and the majority of the theft issue is solved.

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  So you do realise that people from around the world don't always have access to FedEx etc al and more importantly where have you been for the last few years? Many people still work from home....
  
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