Vending Door
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Absurd Design
Acrylic, Plywood, Doorknob, Coin, Screw, String
The Vending Door is an absurd hotel-room door that allows its residents to sell their privacy - for 25 cents per 10 seconds.
Detail
The Vending Door is an absurd design for the absurd hotel -- an assignment in the class Design the Absurd at ITP, NYU. When inserted a US quarter coin, the peep hole in the center of the door opens up for 10 seconds before closing up again. The videos below demonstrate this interaction.
Outside
Inside
Coin Slot
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The Peep Hole
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Mechanical Design
To simplify its installation process, we design the door completely mechanically, making the door a Rube Goldberg machine that does not require manual resetting. The coin inserted by the user both triggers the peep-hole to open and covers it up at the end of the 10 second view time.
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