Effie Gee
@k8iosk.bsky.social
Urban Planner. Lover of modernist architecture and the K8 kiosk. Currently researching the history of the BT's disappearing range of KX Phoneboxes. Woke. Whovian. Dad.
Writing a book about the origin, design, and development of the KX range. Including their societal and pop culture impact. Would you be interested in a quick 'interview' or chat or are you happy for me to quote your musings on the types I've found on your blog.
September 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Writing a book about the origin, design, and development of the KX range. Including their societal and pop culture impact. Would you be interested in a quick 'interview' or chat or are you happy for me to quote your musings on the types I've found on your blog.
Hey Pete, saw one of your superb sketches of a British phonebox, the 1980s KX300 you used in your youth. Is the sketch for sale?
September 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hey Pete, saw one of your superb sketches of a British phonebox, the 1980s KX300 you used in your youth. Is the sketch for sale?
Looks like Mr Gower eventually sold up and moved on 😢. Earliest Google streets picture is 2008
maps.app.goo.gl/b1Ahwo5nLSdk...
maps.app.goo.gl/b1Ahwo5nLSdk...
June 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Looks like Mr Gower eventually sold up and moved on 😢. Earliest Google streets picture is 2008
maps.app.goo.gl/b1Ahwo5nLSdk...
maps.app.goo.gl/b1Ahwo5nLSdk...
Very good, but Could Tori Amos not make it...?
April 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Very good, but Could Tori Amos not make it...?
If Charlie Brooker had made Black Mirror in the 90s:
Turns out terraforming, driving new roads through suburbia and causing an alien attack in Simcity 2000 actually played out daily in a hellish inescapable mid western US town.
Turns out terraforming, driving new roads through suburbia and causing an alien attack in Simcity 2000 actually played out daily in a hellish inescapable mid western US town.
April 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If Charlie Brooker had made Black Mirror in the 90s:
Turns out terraforming, driving new roads through suburbia and causing an alien attack in Simcity 2000 actually played out daily in a hellish inescapable mid western US town.
Turns out terraforming, driving new roads through suburbia and causing an alien attack in Simcity 2000 actually played out daily in a hellish inescapable mid western US town.
Just in time for a meeting at work. Now I've got something to refer to, ta
March 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Just in time for a meeting at work. Now I've got something to refer to, ta
Another detailed and thought provoking thread Nic. Thanks for taking the time to set these facts out publicly.
February 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Another detailed and thought provoking thread Nic. Thanks for taking the time to set these facts out publicly.
We do indeed. Especially now that it's a #doubleStacey situation.
February 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We do indeed. Especially now that it's a #doubleStacey situation.
Oh, and as your profile mentions fonts, that era 'Telephone/Phonecard' was Humanist 521, alongside the Banks & Miles corporate ID
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oh, and as your profile mentions fonts, that era 'Telephone/Phonecard' was Humanist 521, alongside the Banks & Miles corporate ID
Ah you've got the student deluxe cone-version of the mk2 kx100 kiosk there. The sign on the back is from 1987-1991 and probably survived because it was hidden behind the back of a second kiosk, long since removed.
February 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ah you've got the student deluxe cone-version of the mk2 kx100 kiosk there. The sign on the back is from 1987-1991 and probably survived because it was hidden behind the back of a second kiosk, long since removed.