The sculpture is designed to be easy to approach without being too cute. When children respond to it as well as adults, it is a good indication of good design. One four-year-old hugged it about fifty times while his mother and baby sister talked with a caller through it during the first day of the installation.

Another four-year-old was told about the project and called through from home several times. He also insisted on coming to the site itself to see the AgoraPhone sculpture and talk with people from this end of the sculpture. Here he is having a chat through AgoraPhone.