Neil Johannessen

Biographic Data

ID9286804
NAMENeil Johannessen
GIVEN NAMESNeil
FAMILY NAMEJohannessen
SIGNATUREJOHANNESSEN N
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s K2 Telephone Kiosk — A Design Classic

    Open AccessNigel Linge, Neil Johannessen et al.ARTICLEIndustrial Archaeology Review2024

    The red telephone kiosk or box has become synonymous with Britain, standing as an icon of national identity. Yet, of all the versions of kiosk that have been introduced, only two have achieved this exalted status. This paper explores how the telephone box evolved within the UK, details the circumstances that led to an architect becoming involved in their development, and describes how Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s design was transformed into Britain’…

  • In Celebration of the K8 Telephone Kiosk – Britain’s Last Red, Cast-Iron Phonebox

    Nigel Linge, Andy Sutton et al.ARTICLEIndustrial Archaeology Review2020

    Whilst every country in the world has introduced phoneboxes onto its streets, the United Kingdom stands alone in having adopted the red phonebox as a symbol of its national identity. However, that symbol is of phonebox designs produced by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1925/35 and not of the more contemporary ones that followed it. When introduced in 1968, the Bruce Martin-designed K8 kiosk or phonebox was hailed as a masterpiece of industrial design, ye…