More or less, the musings of a graduate of a Scottish university, born in New York, formerly resident in South Africa, and now living in London.
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Designer: Thomas Heatherwick Client: Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea One of London’s most prominent local councils commissioned Heatherwick Studio to design a new newspaper and magazine kiosk.
RBKC sought a kiosk design that would neither attract vandalism nor look awkward and unattractive when shut up for the night. The kiosk is built of steel with a wood lining inside and a patinated brass exterior.
Photographs: Cristobal Palma |
ALL TEXT © ANDREW CUSACK 2004-PRESENT UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
8:51 am
A friend writes:
i’d read about these and must say they’re a little too much for me.
would have been a whole lot nicer if they’d converted one or two of those lovely little victorian taxi shelters into kiosks.
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these could easily have been brought up to date with a new colour scheme (perhaps the same red as the nearby undergound tiles) or given aluminium roofs for example.
they’re literally all over the borough and if there’s a victorian half mile, exhibition road is it.
10:46 pm
This looks like a giant Tupperware container. The little kiosk you posted the link to is much nicer.
4:57 pm
Open, not so bad.
Closed, looks like alien seed pod strategically placed prior to the invasion.