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Generate spontaneous encounters : locals and passers-by, or colleagues sharing a building, can put any object into the box or take anything they want from it. Books, CDs, DVDs, toys, snow chains... A simple and open exchange is created, guaranteeing new connections. Local artists paint the boxes, turning them into recognisable and much-loved items of street art. To see how we can help you install a box (or several!) visit our official site www.hclbox.org.

" These boxes help teach us to not to waste things and to make other people happy. And they help us to get know people in the neighbourhood a little better. It's great and it's precious to be able to start talking with strangers. Also it's for absolutely everybody: tradespeople, intellectuals, office workers, housewives, young people... "
Christiane Escher, City-dweller living close to a box

" The contents of the boxes represent the life of the company. The day after they arrived they were already full of interesting objects in a good state, and they've not been empty since. "
Caroline Santoro, Head of Events and Internal Communication, Geneva Industrial Services