“Vending Machines” Super Japanese Fun-Time Launch Party

When:Thursday, April 29, 2010
Time:8:00PM – 10:00 PM
Where:Satsko
245 Eldridge Street
Manhattan, NY
Cost:FREE w/ RSVP

Join Mark Batty Publisher as they celebrate the release of Christopher D Salyers’ newest pop culture endeavor, VENDING MACHINES: COINED CONSUMERISM!

Fabulous sake bar and Japanese restaurant, Satsko , is offering us some super cheap drink specials (and over 30 varieties of sake!);  Japanese vending snacks, party favors, and music all night by KRTS will frame the evening. You’ll also have the chance to pick up your own copy of the book, signed right there by the author.

About the book:

With our ever-growing desire to eliminate the cashier from the retail equation, VENDING MACHINES: COINED CONSUMERISM documents the journey vending machines have made from technologically humble beginnings to the flashy consumer environments of today.

The introductory essay frames these automated dispensers in the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and Philip K. Dick. The interviews with Michael Keferl of CScout, a global trend research firm, and Clark Whittington, founder of Art-o-mat, provide further context for the photographs of vending machines from all over the world – with a special emphasis on Japan – that sell an astounding array of products, from beverages to pornography.

VENDING MACHINES: COINED CONSUMERISM serves as a visual point of reference for every consumer on the go.