Pininfarina Coke Machine

Local 5 guys burger joint has two of these.

 

Yeah, they call it "LaCokeMachine".

 

LOL!


The move theater in Woodland Hills has one of these - been there a bunch of times, never noticed it was designed by Pininfarina. If you haven't used one before, it's a pretty cool machine; you can mix and match myriad beverages to create a unique drink (or a horrible one, just depends on how far you go).

 

Good Looking Coke Machine!
Pininfarina have amazing designs.

 

They 'did', until they went bankrupt....

 

There's one at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell, CA. They look cool, but the interface is fussy.

There's a little chemistry lab inside with high-concentration flavors that are mixed according to your selection, so one machine can dispense a zillion varieties of soda.

 

I absolutely hate these machines! I don't need or want 500 different choices of soda. When I go to dispense my normal, run of the mill Coke, I now have to press 4 different buttons. Plus the interface is always slow, so to press the 4 buttons takes a long time....not to mention everyone in front of me has to go through the same drawn out process, which usually results in a long line. I want to punch my fist through these damn things everytime I run across one.

 

I have to agree while the machines look slick they are clumsy to use. I first saw one in a Subway in California and thought that the user interface and ergonomics were poor. After pouring my drink I chose a table with a good view of the machine. Without fail EVERY PERSON to use the machine struggled in one way or another.

Good design does not require a learning curve!

 

Correct, but that would be on whomever created the interface rather than who designed the machine

 

My brother has a Pininfarina cell phone case