Push Button “Pop-Up” Coffee Shop



People have been tinkering with using shipping containers as the ultimate idea of a portable home for a long time.

Artist and architect Adam Kalkin took it one step further: he created a "push button" store, sponsored by coffee maker illycaffè, where all you have to do to set up shop is push a button and a whole coffee shop just pop up!

Link | Adam’s website


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Posted on October 16, 2007 at 8:35 pm by Alex
Category: Home & Garden, Pictures

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6 comments to "Push Button “Pop-Up” Coffee Shop"

  • Chris A
    October 16th, 2007 at 8:45 pm

    It says that it’s fully furnished and functional… Does that mean that the open toilet is plumbed?

    Either way I’d take one!

  • dan
    October 16th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

    It would appear that when the cafe is closed, there is a toilet positioned sideways over the counter. I don’t think I’d want anything from that cafe.

  • SunshineReaper
    October 16th, 2007 at 11:13 pm

    “Toilet” be damned - I want an Illy Shop that i can open with a button- set it up on my lawn…
    ~S

  • Mitch
    October 17th, 2007 at 12:15 am

    A coffee shop without a toilet us just a cruel
    form of torture.

  • Bee
    October 17th, 2007 at 7:21 am

    I’m so surprised this isn’t Japanese.

  • nora
    October 18th, 2007 at 5:00 pm

    Interesting.I’d like it more, if that toilet wasn’t there. Toilet = disturbing, but I assume theres probably some fold-out-walls or a tent they put around the toilet once its assembled to keep it private.

    Strange that its sponsored by Illy, the whole “fold out shop” seems sort of cheap for a coffee brand with such a high end pricetag.


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