(right) Nils Norman, "Gerrard Winstanley Radical Gardening Space Reclamation Mobile Field Centre and Weather Station (European Chapter)" (2000)
Bicycle, photo copier, books, solar energy
Realizing the dearth of reliable ecological material out there (or not out there), Nils Norman created this mobile library as public art, and actually built it for public use. The first thing one notices about this library is its select set of books, a working desk, a solar-powered copy machine, and a modest weather station. Unlike a book exchange or an actual library, these books are not for the taking; only their ideas and copies of pages of interest to copiers, who may one day figure out how to implement them.
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