The main project that I was working on within Hemingway Design was KiosKiosk. A pop up shop which served a purpose to provide a good rent-free platform for new designers and enrepeneurs to sell their goods to the general public. I helped launch the prototype KiosKiosk outside of London City Hall and it stayed there for buisness throughout July 09 till September 09. As part of the design team I was given the task to generate designs for a new KiosKiosk family.
Shed House KiosKiosk Idea
The Kiosk would have a similar shape but become more square and extend to a longer room. It would have a roof with windows aswell as a printed door, window, flowers and a sign on the front of the kiosk. These images could be taken from the land of lost content. The seller could have their logo/name displayed on the board above the door. The doors would open up as in the existing prototype and move into the exterior base to use for displaying purposes. This idea was ispired by the huts in Camden Lock Village and the distorded architecture by Tim Burton in the movie Beetlejuice.
Boxed KiosKiosk Idea
The Kiosk would still have the same form as the existing prototype but have slight modifications in certain areas. This being the front doors, changing to copper/rust caged doors, in order to show the interior and main conceptual content. the coloured boxes. The multicoloured boxes would be lightweight, maybe polystyrene so they can be injection moulded, and also have a gloss finish. The idea would be to have the boxes used however the seller seems fit, for instance as furniture, or display puposes, such as chairs, tables or even a bar opening. The underlying concept and inspiration was from a child having a group of helium multicoloured balloon acting as an idea clutched in the hand. This being the kiosk closed. Then the child releasing their ideas to te world by letting the balloons go. This being the kiosk opening and expanding.
Rotational KiosKiosk Idea
The Kiosk would act as a rotational room with the option of changing its purpose from a food kiosk to a general kiosk. The inner room would rotate in order for the doors to open. The inner room would be floating on wheels and fixed to the stationary main outer base by rails within the roof. The bar opening can be closed to create a closed room if the seller wanted to use the kiosk for other purposes than selling food. The sides of the inner room would be made of glass and have shelving on the interior in order to display goods. When the kiosk would be closed the glass shelving would be on display in the areas where the open door and bar opening would have been. Natural light would be able to enter the kiosk through the roof window.