Tourism boards around the world would be wise to check out 'Urban Landscape.' Urban Landscape is a solar-powered information station designed by Matteo Straforini. Straforini's creation has a solar sail that rotates with the sun to provide optimal power all day long.
Urban Landscape has a touchscreen display for easy navigating between menus. This navigation may seem a little too fancy and techie, but all the technology it requires is already in use today. Buying a handful of these units would probably be an expensive investment initially. They would eventually pay for themselves as they require no electricity and could take the place of human information station representatives.
Self-serving information kiosks are already in use in travel destinations around the world. A design such as the Urban Landscape would be the natural evolution of the information station.
Solar Info Stations
Urban Landscape by Matteo Straforini Follows the Sun to Provide City Data
Trend Themes
1. Solar-powered Information Stations - Businesses can invest in solar-powered information stations that require no electricity and could take the place of human representatives.
2. Self-serving Information Kiosks - The natural evolution of the information station is the self-serving information kiosk for easy navigating between menus.
3. Touchscreen Display Navigation - The touchscreen display navigation of the Urban Landscape is a fancy and techie trend already in use today.
Industry Implications
1. Travel and Tourism - Travel and tourism industry can invest in solar-powered information stations as a cost-effective solution to having human representatives.
2. Technology - Technology industry can develop and market self-serving information kiosks that are the natural evolution of the information station.
3. Retail - Retail industry can implement touchscreen display navigation for easy navigating between menus in self-serving information kiosks.