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From the soggy perspective of this year, the summer of 2012 was a magical time in London. The atmosphere was transformed by the Olympic Games and Diamond Jubilee celebrations and this led to all kinds of other smaller celebrations in the capital. One of which was the BT ArtBox hunt. 80 replica classic telephone boxes were redesigned by artists and planted all over central London. I tracked down 75 of them over three weeks and took 200+ photos. My aim was to celebrate London life as much as the designs. And it was the inspiration to start this blog.
This weekend I thought I’d highlight my favourite 30 pictures.
Enjoy once more the humble red British phone box transformed. And I know the tiles are easy to view but click on a photo and view in gallery mode, its so much better. And if you want to explore the full experience, you can start here on day one,
A traditional red British phone box behind gates at The Royal Academy on Piccadilly, London
T For Telephone designed by David Mach
Long Distance designed by Benjamin Shine
Big Ben BT Artbox by Mandi Pope; Dial M For Monster by Lauren O’Farrell
Bg Ben BT Artbox by Mandi Pope
Ring a Royal Phone box by Timmy Mallet.
Poetry of Life byThe DnA Factory
Padded Cell phonebox by Bert Gilbert.
Colour Wash by Rob and Nick Carter
Colour Wash by Rob and Nick Carter
Rangoli K6 by Natasha Kumar
Leake St Hot Lips by Old Vic Tunnels
The Teleporter by Cameron Christie
Perspicere by Zaha Hadid
Taxiphoney by Light Bureau
Jubilee by Ryan Callanan
Union Jack 2012 by Sir Peter Blake
The Royal Box by Che Frantz
Copper Box by Ian Ritchie
Flowerbox (2012) by greybox. Beacon by Steven Dray.
Connected by David Crow
Holyphone by Stephen Cox
Fabulous by Julien Macdonald
The Slip by Jerry Judah
Talk to Me by Margot Bowman
The Great Escape by Simon Ruez
Tomodachi by Daisuke Skaguchi
Do Not Open by Steven Appleby
Inverted by Terence and James Woodgate -
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