Souvenear is a Craft-Dispensing Vending Machine at Kansas City Airport
Rebecca Byers — May 7, 2015 — Tech
SouveNEAR is an innovative Kansas City-based company putting a folk art spin on the vending machine movement. The unique SouveNEAR concept revolves around making locally crafted art more easily available to guests of the city in order to promote local artists and artisans.
The project is a great representation of the growing movement toward conscientious consumers doing "tourism right," which is to say, using purchasing power as a tourist to support local businesses and industries rather. By investing in a city's art scene by purchasing locally produced crafts rather than purchasing kitschy souvenirs, tourists can feel good about the impact of their spending.
Having opened the premiere SouveNEAR machine at Kansas City International Airport, the brand has since expanded to install several machines all over the city.
The project is a great representation of the growing movement toward conscientious consumers doing "tourism right," which is to say, using purchasing power as a tourist to support local businesses and industries rather. By investing in a city's art scene by purchasing locally produced crafts rather than purchasing kitschy souvenirs, tourists can feel good about the impact of their spending.
Having opened the premiere SouveNEAR machine at Kansas City International Airport, the brand has since expanded to install several machines all over the city.
Trend Themes
1. Local Art Movement - The growing movement toward conscientious consumers supporting local artists and artisans through purchasing locally crafted art.
2. Conscientious Tourism - Tourists using purchasing power to support local businesses and industries rather than purchasing kitschy souvenirs.
3. Vending Machine Innovation - Innovative vending machine concept promoting local art and making it easily accessible to guests of a city.
Industry Implications
1. Art and Craft - Opportunity for local artists and artisans to reach a wider audience through vending machines that dispense their products.
2. Tourism and Hospitality - Opportunity for tourism industry to promote conscientious tourism by offering locally crafted souvenirs instead of generic ones.
3. Vending Machine - Disruptive innovation opportunity to introduce vending machines that go beyond traditional snacks and drinks, by offering locally made art and crafts.
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