The UK's iconic red phone boxes are being repurposed for a more contemporary telecommunications need: mobile handset repairs.
British company Lovefone is opening "the world's tiniest repair shops" inside disused phone booths. The first launched on London's Greenwich High Road last week.

The company worked with a designer on the retrofit, which includes a wooden workbench, and storage for tools and parts.
"Our aim was to create an environment that didn't seem or appear crowded despite the fact that we needed to fit in all the equipment, parts and storage for what is in effect a tiny shop," Kerr told Dezeen.

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"We also want to keep the windows of the box as open as possible so members of the public can see inside." A perforated screen behind the bench provides a point of interest, as well as a place to affix a magnetic tool holder at eye level.

A smaller, cheaper version of the K2 was installed in the late 1920s, followed by the short-lived, concrete K3. The most successful version, the K6 model from 1939, was used across the country for decades and is included in the Design Museum's permanent collection.
Lovefone's access to the phone booths is via the Red Kiosk Company, which leases the boxes to small businesses.
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