Kiosk
Kiosk
The Last Modernist Booths Across Central and Eastern Europe
978-8-3963-2686-7
2024
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David Navarro _ Design, Editor, Captions, Concept, Photography
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Mass-produced from the 1970s to the 1990s, modular kiosks like the seminal K67, designed by the Slovenian architect Saša J. Mächtig, and similar systems – including the Polish Kami, the Macedonian KC190, and the Soviet ‘Bathyscaphe’ – could be found anywhere throughout the former Eastern Bloc and ex-Yugoslav countries, from bustling city squares to socialist-era housing estates. They served as hot dog and Polish zapiekanka joints, farm egg and rotisserie chicken vendors, funeral flower shops, newsstands, car park booths, currency exchange offices, and more.

Featuring over 150 kiosks – from Ljubljana to Warsaw, and from Belgrade to Berlin – this photobook provides previously unseen documentation of the remaining modernist booths that witnessed the socio-political transformation of Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the 20th century. While some remain active or have undergone refurbishment, others have been abandoned or have slowly faded from the urban landscape. The photographs in this unique collection were taken over the last decade by Zupagrafika’s founders, David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka. The book includes a foreword by urban explorer Maciej Czarnecki and an introduction by architectural historian Anna Cymer, offering invaluable insights into the history of these mobile structures.

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Contributors

David Navarro
_ Design, Editor, Captions, Concept, Photography
Martyna Sobecka
_ Design, Editor, Captions, Concept, Photography
Anna Cymer
_ Introduction
Maciej Czarnecki
_ Foreword

Publisher

Zupagrafika

Specifications

Printed In Poland
Size 17 x 24 cm
Pages 208 Pages
Cover Hardcover; Cloth spine
Language English
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