CMC 6th Phonebooth Renovation Project
- 2025년 8월 14일
- 1분 분량
Phone booths standing in the middle of streets often satisfy the definition of "neglected places." Due to the widespread use of mobile phones, public phone booths are rarely used anymore. According to government data, there are still 24,900 phone booths in South Korea as of 2025. Most of these booths remain unvisited, appearing old and shabby, even in busy locations like Samsungdong in Seoul.
The above photo depicts a scene from 1990s Seoul. In this image, every booth is occupied by citizens eager to call loved ones. In contrast, a recent photo (below) shows a citizen using a phone booth to avoid the snow while browsing her mobile phone. This image illustrates today's reality: phone booths still exist but are often treated as invisible relics.
Pursuing CMC's mission to bring beauty to neglected places, we launched our sixth project—creating artwork for phone booths. The process was challenging. We had to obtain permission from KT, Korea Telecom, to renovate even a single booth. This involved presenting our plans to the KT administration, and it took more than two months to receive approval.
For the design, we drew inspiration from traditional Korean folk paintings, incorporating characters such as tigers, which may be familiar to international audiences through the popularity of K-pop and shows like "Demon Hunters." We transformed these traditional characters into captivating and eye-catching graphic images, which we printed and affixed to the phone booths.
Below, you will see the entire process of the CMC phonebooth renovation project!
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