Chateaubriand alfresco takes a contemporary turn with the debut of a smart mealtime carryall, the Boxsal, created by Dallas-based Three Blind Ants. For the discerning modernist, wicker picnic baskets and plasticware are replaced by a recyclable cardboard box filled with compostable cups, bowls, utensils, napkins and trash bags. Not just any box, The Boxsal is compartmentalized and can tote more than 20 pounds, and comes in three clever box designs: Office Escape, which wittily channels a briefcase; Urban Picnic, which takes shape as a two-dimensional, graffiti’d boom box; and Today’s Date, offering artistic picnickers a paint-by-number experience. Now this is thinking outside the box — outside. At the Nasher Sculpture Center Stores, 2001 Flora St., 214.242.5100; 8687 North Central Expwy. (at NorthPark Center), 214.363.6600 and at boxsal.com.
Images: Boxsal’s modern picnic solution; photo courtesy of Boxsal. Closed boxsal; image by Adam Fish.
For the discerning modernist, wicker picnic baskets and plasticware are replaced by a recyclable cardboard box filled with compostable cups, bowls, utensils, napkins and trash bags.