KIOSK HELLO » nostalgia

William Morris said:

Ming — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:29:38 +0000

“have nothing in your houses that you do not find to be useful or believe to be beautiful“
– (from The Beauty of Life, 1880)

This man knew what he was talking about

Birdhouse sighting

Ming — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:23:23 +0000

Look what we found in an antique store in Stockholm! None other than our very own birdhouse — a tried and true design that has housed birds in Sweden for generations!

flying turtle

Ming — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:33:44 +0000

check out the flying turtle and have a blast– like this fine lady at… KIOSK!

Object: choc-u-lator

Ming — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:09:29 +0000

Found this fantastic chocloate calculator on my good friend Betty Roytburd’s blog where it was wonderfully complemented by other objects which made me equally nostalgic. Remember the jewel calculators they used to have as well? makes me miss math… a little.

Ken’s Pix

Ming — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:38:24 +0000

Ken Brown says:

“one of my favorite areas of discovery and exploration is found in the borderlands of the city, where art and nature meet and merge in a post industrial landscape …“
I think his photos are beautifully haunting

Updater: Ref Lib on line.

Marco — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:15:11 +0000

Not all images are there yet and we are still editing some texts / measuring the things etc. but the exhibition is *largely* up and is a gorgeous addition to our site. We are potaters, Andy’s things are the meat!

Mini #8: Reference Library

Alisa — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:11:38 +0000

It’s all about having a store. For the last mini-exhibition of 2008 Andy Beach of REFERENCE LIBRARY will bring his blog into the 3rd dimension with a 10-day-long shop at KIOSK that appropriately opens on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the most notorious retailing day of the year. Let the holiday shoppers rejoice! We know we are! In addition to some fifty vintage and non-vintage odds and ends he has selected to sell here, he has commissioned WORKERS to produce an APRON (update: it sold out very quickly, sorry) of selvedge denim, made in Japan and offered in a limited edition of 5. Please come to the opening this Friday November 28th from 7 — 10pm at KIOSK, 95 Spring Street on the 2nd floor where there will be pretzels and beer from Philly. It will be fun to swap Thanksgiving stories and nosh together.

Dullsville! Yeah, Dullsville!

Marco — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:17:53 +0000

The resource of resources — Where Inspiration goes to get inspired. That’s Dullsville. These fabulous folks had a shop on 13th Street on Manhattan just off of 3rd Avenue which closed down when they got sick of the city, but they return for the holidays! This year, from the 8th (we haven’t had time to go ourselves yet) until the 31st they reside one flight up — just like us — above their former space, they will await you between noon to 6pm and sell you the most fabulous things: (From their own flyer) Vintage ornaments, lighting, curios, artwork and unusual gifts. And that is exactly what they have. If we had to write a New York cityguide and the editor only allowed us one paragraph, we would recommend Dullsville. Heck, if we only got a seven-letter word all-in-all it would be “Dullsvi”.

You. Must. Go. Yes. It. Is. That. Good.

If you ever saw our red-light-district-like parrot-lamp in the corner of our store, now you know where we got it. Are you having a “Julgran” (X-Mas tree for you non-swedish)? It is at Dullsville you find your ornaments.

But you may only go if you behave. These are the nicest of nice.

Dullsville:
Upstairs at 143 E 13th St. Ny Ny

Phones: 917 701‑1660 and 814 259‑3550 (remeber! bevhave)