Since the 19th century, vending machines have provided consumers with two enticing qualities: choice and convenience. While they may bring to mind high-calorie, low-quality products, a new addition to ...

Back in 2023, artist Ana Inciardi made an Instagram reel that got over 17 million views. In the short video, you see a bright red box with coin chutes reminiscent of a bubble gum machine. A colorful ...

About 150 bubble capsules sit inside a small, square vending machine in Rochester ― the type that most often carries gumballs or cheap, plastic toys. Here, however, four quarters and a little ...

You can hear them before you see them. The jangle, creak, and groan of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely’s otherworldly, moving machines have no trouble drawing viewers in, but how can we make sense of the ...

Jessica Heusinkveld started her ceramics business, Lumps of Clay Studios, after being laid off from her job. Her husband, a disabled veteran, gifted her a pottery wheel, which reignited her passion ...