Comments on: DUB 002

By: Pop! Goes the Library – Eileen Fontenot

Pop! Goes the Library – Eileen Fontenot — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:15:07 +0000

[…] New York City has installed many shelving units in the city’s now-unused public telephone booths (http://gracefulspoon.com/blog/2011/07/06/dub-002/). Quite often, children take a hand in building and in the upkeep of these pop-ups, thereby […]

By: Street Art Installation »DUB 002« von John Locke - Geschnackvoll

Street Art Installation »DUB 002« von John Locke - Geschnackvoll — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:35:19 +0000

[…] im öffentlichen Raum. Mehr Infos und Bilder zum Projekt »DUB 002« gibt es hier. ____ via / […]

By: Bibliocabine: libri al telefono | Eroica Fenice

Bibliocabine: libri al telefono | Eroica Fenice — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:00:23 +0000

[…] di una cabina telefonica dismessa era stata collocata una scaffalatura (per idea del “Department of urban betterment” della città -Dub), in una zona piuttosto isolata e poco frequentata. L’idea era […]

By: Department of Urban Betterment

Department of Urban Betterment — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:05:24 +0000

[…] Guerilla Bibliothek / Book-Sharing “DUB 002″ in New Yorker Telefonzellen von Designer und Architekt John Locke im Rahmen des (DUB). Mehr über das Projekt gibt es hier. […]

By: Cabine telefoniche – Da Communication Space ad Urban Social Space | superelevata

Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:14:51 +0000

[…] simile a questa è stata realizzata a New York dall’architetto John Locke. In questo caso le cabine telefoniche sono state trasformate in biblioteche. Sono stati costruiti […]

By: Are pop-ups powerful? | Design, Consumerism & Activism Blog

Are pop-ups powerful? | Design, Consumerism & Activism Blog — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:55:27 +0000

[…] book share–repurposing phone booths into urban libraries, also by John Locke and the Department of Urban […]

By: #602 The dream of Urban Betterment | This gives me hope

#602 The dream of Urban Betterment | This gives me hope — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:02:24 +0000

[…] an innovative designer whose work came to my attention when someone posted a picture of one the mini-libraries he installed in New York City phone […]

By: urban antiques | Tint and Tinker

urban antiques | Tint and Tinker — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:21:09 +0000

[…] your books bigger than a cigarette box and for free? Well, New York-based artist and architect John Locke has heard you, and has come up with an interesting way of reinventing the library. Operating with […]

By: Terrill

Terrill — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:25:00 +0000

John did you do this in conjunction with any of the telephone providers?

By: John Locke

John Locke — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:06:46 +0000

Esperanza, GLS334, yes thanks, a few people had sent me links. I think it’s a great, inspiring program. My project began with the repurposing and reimagining of what I saw as an obsolete piece of urban street furniture – the phone booth. I wanted to turn a detrimental object into something more useful, fun and that encouraged community engagement. A book drop was one solution to that problem.