Vending Machines

Vending machines have been in my mind of late. It all started with a reference I found to an art vending machine in New York – $5 art from a defunct cigarette dispenser. “What a cool idea” I thought, and moved on to other distractions. Shortly thereafter, I spotted an article on book vending machines in Paris.

Thinks: if you wanted to build something like this for yourself, you might start with a search on eBay for vending machines – plenty there to choose from in a range of styles and prices. If you had enough second hand books you might decorate your vending machine in the style of Patrick Hall…

And that’s as far as I’ve come with this project Actually, I’ve looked into where you might plug a book vending machine in, and picked up an industrial strength guillotine for creating the decor, and have actually tossed out about 3 ute loads of paperbacks since then, but it’s still in my head. Why write about it now? Well, another bunch of vending machine pix took my fancy. Originally thunk up my the German employment agency, jobsintown, I thought the TAFE should use this idea for themselves – click on each for an enlargement.

Ah… magic boxes. You put your money in and stuff comes out, but how it happens is anyone’s guess.