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A nice way of controlling Mr Mario.

 

A money box contains money, and historians are able to date a money box based on the money that is inside. Also on the plus side, money boxes are great ways to show history as they provide a place for money. Money throughout history has always dipicted some type of graphic image or symbol relating to that time frame in history. Money can depict a person, an event or even a geographical place and thus are very usefull for historians. As we become more dependent on e-money, money paid by cards are we not loosing the abilty to depict our history. As we become more digital, money is becoming more of a figure on our screens than tangible physical item. What place will money boxs, a system to horde physical tangible items have in the future?
 
Also another thought i was having is about the tangibility of money and how it affects how we behave towards it. More and more young people are having bank cards, or using paymo ( a mobile phone paying system) opposed to using cash. Money is loosing its tangibility, thus its physical importance to people. Isn't tangability of money very important in how we learn about savings, hence why money boxes still exist. They are a great way of teaching kids the value of money, with electronic money is the system in which kids learn still the same and as effective?

A very simple modification to a standard electrical coverplate changes its function from one of consumption into conservation. A standard junction box behind the face plate catches your coins and saves them.

design and prototype: Karl Zahn

Designer_DANIEL LOVE

 Designed by Pil Bredahl

Japanese Piggy banks go high-tech

 

The idea of saving money is embedded into Japanese culture, and with the pitiful interest rates you get at a Japanese bank you may as well keep the money buried in a coffee can in the backyard (if you have a backyard at all). There’s an underlying thinking of saving for the proverbial "rainy day" or for a nice vacation. Men, usually given pocket money by their wives, have to keep especially good tabs on their loose change, and with coins made in 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and ¥500 denominations (think of ¥1 as almost $.01) there’s a lot of change in your pocket at the end of the day. These days nearly any toy/electronics/gadget shop carries lots of variations of the piggy bank, either simple ones as characters, or high-tech versions that reward you for saving.

 

Jinsei Ginkou

(Life Bank) from Takara Tomy has a logo and design that looks like a promotion from a real bank, but it’s actually a Tamagotchi-like piggy bank with an LCD screen. The ultimate goal is to save up to ¥100,000 ($850) on a schedule that you create. On the screen is "you", a poor looking guy in a crappy one-tatami apartment with flies buzzing around. However, every time you insert ¥500 (it only takes ¥500 coins!) your situation gets better. You go on dates, get new clothes, upgrade apartments, and generally pimp yourself out. By the time you get to your goal it’s time to move the game to real life and spend your hard earned Yen. Jinsei Ginkou has been absolutely huge in Japan, and was completely sold out for a few months until recently.

i have chosen the following products because they are unusual and i believe that they can be developed further which can be done by either changing the design, the materials or the target market of the product.