KIOSK New York #1
[above] The KIOSK street sign.
[above] The very street-cool-industrial stairfront entry.
[above] Sign-indicator, but couldn’t find the door entry….
[above] Behind the silvery streamer curtain is KIOSK’s ode to America which displays all-American designers.
Ok. So I’m excited. After years of admiring this super-cool shop from afar [online that is] it was at the very top of my itinerary of things to see NYC. Finding this flagship store was a little tricky [the trickier the better, you know it will be a special find] for some reason I actually knew it would have an amazing shopfront flagship store, but what I found was something so entirely unique it went beyond my expectations. This will be a long [two] reports, on all things KIOSK.
A little bit about KIOSK. For those who aren’t in the ‘know’.
# They offer a curated collection of products from all over the world [Mexico, Germany, Italy, Portugal amongst others] in an exhibition format. All items are sourced during their travels. Each time, their collection builds.
# Every 4-6 months, new items are added, both new and vintage.
# Each time they focus/feature on a different country of origin. At this time it is currently AMERICA [of course!], yet they feature items from all over the world.
# KIOSK is not static. Each trip often decides where they will source particular products and some are usually one-of-a-kind, in limited supply.
# KIOSK is a travel story depicted through objects, a collection of interesting things from around the world, a study of material culture, a shop, several people’s efforts to preserve unique and indigenous objects, an installation, maybe just something other than what we are used to.
The most-admirable trait of this store is the ability by the owner who travels the world [what a horrible job!] to find each eclectic item, each with its own origin + story*.
* I spent a good hour or so reading the stories, and oh what interesting reads.
[photography + overlay design by lox+savvy]
