MetroCard Vending Machine
Masamichi Udagawa (Japanese,
born 1964) and Sigi Moeslinger
(Austrian, born 1968)
of Antenna Design (USA, est. 1997)
David Reinfurt (American,
born 1971), Kathleen Holman
(American, born 1962), and
MTA New York City Transit
(USA, est. 1953)
1999
Vending machine: Steel and other
materials; interface: Director,
Photoshop, Illustrator, and Visual
Basic software
6' 7 7/8" x 41 11/16" x 26"
(203 x 106 x 66 cm)
Cubic Transportation
Systems, USA
The MTA's vending machine leads customers through the process of buying Metrocards in a manner that is efficient and no-nonsense, in a very New York spirit, suggesting colorful, never-boring transit ahead: the buttons on the screen are large and the purchasing choices are clear; the machine itself is done up in bright, almost toylike primary colors and, with its enamel-coated steel, it is both graffiti- and scratch-proof.
Category: Objects
Tags: Interfaces / Interactions / Communications
