ABSTRACT 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, yet today it has virtually disappeared. It was the last of the British red, cast-iron phoneboxes and despite over 11,000 being manufactured, less than one percent survive. Telecommunications is a rapidly changing field that brings enormous challenges for the heritage movement, as the K8 story illustrates, requiring a far more agile approach in respect of contemporary collecting policies and improved procedures for protection and preservation. This paper traces the evolution of the British phonebox, focusing on the circumstances that led to the development of the K8 and describes in detail its design. A gazetteer of those K8s that are known to survive is also included.

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庆祝 K8 电话亭——英国最后一个红色铸铁电话亭

摘要 虽然世界上每个国家都在街道上安装了电话亭，但英国却独树一帜，将红色电话亭作为其民族身份的象征。然而，该符号是由 Giles Gilbert Scott 于 1925/35 年设计的电话盒设计，而不是其后的更现代的设计。布鲁斯·马丁 (Bruce Martin) 设计的 K8 亭或电话亭于 1968 年推出时被誉为工业设计的杰作，但如今它几乎已销声匿迹。它是最后一个英国红色铸铁电话盒，尽管生产了 11,000 多个，但只有不到 1% 能存活下来。电信是一个快速变化的领域，给遗产运动带来了巨大的挑战，正如 K8 的故事所示，需要在当代收藏政策和改进的保护和保存程序方面采取更加灵活的方法。本文追溯了英国电话亭的演变，重点关注导致 K8 发展的环境，并详细描述了其设计。还包括已知存活的那些 K8 的地名词典。