This post is the first of a new type where you can send me suggestions for inclusion in the gallery of 1) mobile phone masts pretending to be trees or 2) well-designed mobile phone masts not pretending to be anything. Use the form at the bottom to send me a link.
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- Nice one! Many thanks to Quintin Lake Architectural Photography http://blog.quintinlake.com
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- This is the same one, “in the wild” near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Cheers Quintin. Well spotted.
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- This one’s near Wombourne (wherever that is!), UK
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- And they’re doing it in Portugal too, somehow pinetree-esque, I guess.
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- This one’s all the more disturbing for almost being convincing – UK again!
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- China’s not to be left behind. Here’s one in Changchun – capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, apparently.
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- It’s all starting to get a bit silly now. These are near Barmpton (no, me neither).
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- More silliness. For a full range of fake mobile mast products, visit http://www.envirocom.co.za
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- The UAE’s unrealistically-tall date palm model.
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- I just can’t get enough of these.
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- The UAE’s greener and fatter date palm tree model.
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- Another variation on the date palm looky-likey, this time with added dates!
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- The mobile phone mast is not trying to look beautiful.
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- Another not-trying-to-be-beautiful example. As you can see, this one’s outside Bull Creek Train and Bus Station.
Nice collection! Someone should design these masts that actually celebrate their function rather than a lamp post with a shoe box on top or fake tree like today
Thanks Quintin – we couldn’t agree more! I was shocked to see what a global phenomena this is. While searching, I did see one mast disguised as a dead tree and which was wrong in so many ways I couldn’t actually think what to say about it.