Here’s an interesting spot by Jan Chipchase – a booth he found in the SAS lounge in Copenhagen airport to make mobile phone calls. He says:
The booth plays at least two roles: the obvious – a dedicated space where travellers can natter; and secondly a creative yet subtle reminder of the social norms for this space. Knowing and helping people understand what is acceptable behaviour can be especially challenging when the travellers that use this space hail from such diverse cultural backgrounds.
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The funny thing is that these kind of booths work both ways. For the rest they send the message that the person talking into the phone is also taking them into consideration by going into the booth. I have wittnessed this several times in the computer “area” of my university’s library when you can basicly yell to to your mobile and it is ok as long as you’re inside the booth, when again if you are outside the booth and barely whispering you are going to see at least quite many angry faces looking at you.
August 29th, 2007 at 6:53 am