This London-based cross-disciplinary group of designers and artists specializes in innovative urban-scale projects.
T H E C O N C E P T
The public phone booth becomes a site for gathering and disseminating information, using any or all of the following components.
The Electric Tree: An electronic community bulletin board, connected to a website where locals can post messages that are relayed through a screen and a loudspeaker disguised as a bird.
A Personal Signpost: A database of local information, directions and places of interest that can be accessed via mobile phone.
The World-Wise Well: Send a question to the well from your cell phone, and it answers from the Internet; fortunes forecast, advice administered and wise words told.
Networked Park Bench: A wired-up park bench, complete with power outlets and an open-access wireless network with a high-speed Internet connection.
