The modern phone booth as we know it may be an endangered species, but one clever designer has repurposed them in way that may actually lead to a evolution in urban public spaces.
Created by architect John Locke, the mini-library is a detachable shelf of books that can be affixed to a phone booth and is designed to encourage the public to freely share books. The project is part of Locke's Department of Urban Betterment (DUB) project, in which he proposes that New York City's 13,699 phone booths can serve a higher purpose even in the wake of nearly ubiquitous cell phone use.
The effort could also be a way to preserve the existence of rapidly dwindling phone booths by giving them more functionality. You can find out more about the project here. LINK
Via Inhabitat
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