The Quote Vendor by Alice Wang is a vending machine that distributes quotes in tiny plastic bottles filled with sand and a scroll.
The Taiwanese designer meant to make this a statement on people's desire for "fast food-style" information such as that of 140 character Tweets and Facebook status updates. Going along with this notion, she has devised this installation that distributes pearls of wisdom similar to those of a fortune cookie.
Scrolls also include the author's name and tile of her debut book to promote her own brand. One can select from a category to receive a short informative scroll. The Quote Vendor by Alice Wang references a time when there was more attention paid to text, and hopes to entice people with its statement-making concept.
Wisdom-Dispensing Vendors
The Quote Vendor by Alice Wang Distributes Fast Information
Trend Themes
1. Fast-information Consumption - The Quote Vendor taps into the desire for easily digestible and fast information, offering an opportunity for businesses to develop products or services that cater to this need.
2. Interactive Vending Machines - The Quote Vendor introduces an interactive and novel approach to vending machines, creating potential for disruptive innovation in the vending machine industry that combines information dissemination with product sales.
3. Promotion Through Tangible Experiences - The Quote Vendor promotes the author's brand and debut book by providing tangible scrolls with wisdom, showcasing a potential disruptive innovation opportunity for authors and publishers to engage readers in unique ways.
Industry Implications
1. Publishing - The Quote Vendor's approach of distributing scrolls with wisdom presents an opportunity for publishers to explore innovative ways of delivering content to readers and capturing their attention.
2. Social Media - The Quote Vendor's critique of fast information consumption on social media platforms opens up opportunities for social media companies to create features that encourage more thoughtful and meaningful content sharing.
3. Retail - The Quote Vendor's interactive vending machine concept offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for the retail industry to combine information dissemination with product sales, enhancing customer engagement and experience.