Because an "archive box" is a thing that is not necessarily a common occurrence in office culture aroundtheworld.
The author is Swedish. Google's translation of "archive box" is "arkivlåda". That is not a thing over here, and is not even in the dictionary. An image search for the Swedish word resulted in many boxes that looked very different.
And even if I see it as a box, it looks also like a box of printer paper to me.
(It's the "Fresh paper" icon! :) )
Either way, you are diverting away from the main issue of the paragraph: Would you recognise what the icon represents even without the text?
I've worked in America for 20 years and I never knew about this either. I just thought that was a regular cardboard box, and it never occurred to me the archive icon is trying to depict such a thing. I always just thought it was an ugly file folder or something.
I pretty actively try to stay away from orange man escapades. I'm sure we'll get more than enough when he's president / evil dictator for life again /sigh
I can second this: While I do know that kind of box as depicted, I've never owned one and I have never used one. (However, plenty of rectangular cardboard boxes.) It's a very cultural thing and it really stresses you imagination, if it isn't an item that is consistent with your world, but rather manifesting a competing concept. If there are also alternative interpretations available, thanks to the drawing style, this doesn't help particularly.
The author is Swedish. Google's translation of "archive box" is "arkivlåda". That is not a thing over here, and is not even in the dictionary. An image search for the Swedish word resulted in many boxes that looked very different.
And even if I see it as a box, it looks also like a box of printer paper to me. (It's the "Fresh paper" icon! :) )
Either way, you are diverting away from the main issue of the paragraph: Would you recognise what the icon represents even without the text?