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The Build Journal

Ideas, decisions, and lessons from building a better personal care system.

Formulation

Every Ingredient Earns its Place

Every ingredient in BOXBOX has to earn its place. Here’s what that means in practice: scrutinizing concentrations, questioning raw materials, and spending months getting the feel right. From the ingredients we leave out to the extract that turned...

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Aston Martin Aramco

Building BOXBOX with the Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team

What happens when the prototypes leave our hands and join life on the Formula One calendar? Inside our development partnership with Aston Martin Aramco, real travel and daily routines are revealing what works, what needs to change, and...

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Formula One

The liveries we remember long after the deals expire tell a story about Formula One: its best partnerships become part of why we love the sport. From childhood Sundays watching McLaren to developing BOXBOX with Aston Martin Aramco,...

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Ingredients

Why the Good Olive Oil Goes in Our Conditioner

The olive oil in BOXBOX is the kind used for dipping great bread. So why put it in a conditioner? The answer starts with a friend in Portugal, the farmers behind Wildly Virgin, and what knowing the grower,...

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Team

A Beauty Execs Road to BOXBOX

My father taught me that everything can be improved. From watching pit crews in Argentina to leading operations across beauty and biotech, that lesson has shaped my career. At BOXBOX, it comes full circle: bringing science, design, and...

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Team

A Biotech Founder Walks Into the Personal Care Industry.

A racing crash, years of nonstop travel, and an unruly toiletry bag led me somewhere unexpected: back to the laboratory, and back to racing. This is the story behind BOXBOX—a personal care system built on science, thoughtful design,...

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Design

Everything Has to Earn its Place: Inside the Brand Design

A color code with a hidden nod to F1. Typography rooted in engineering. Six letters arranged to invite a second look. Here’s a look inside the BOXBOX visual identity—and the thinking behind a design system where every detail...

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