I think this is cool in so many ways. The first reason is that this prime space can be sold to business owners such as a plumbing company or a beer company. Its true that consumers get blasted with thousands of advertisements a day but this is pure genius. It is rare to find a toilet in a public place that actually has a tank. But this could spark a new rage in getting old fashioned toilets back. How many people would actually pay attention to the advertisements? I would be one of them...pending on that it is not a bathroom emergency. And why limit this to just toilet tanks? I would even go as far as creating a skin for urinals which would be more prime advertising space.
Another reason this would be cool, think of the possibilities at home. I happen to love Sponge Bob Square Pants and would love to have a SBsqP toilet. This allows someone to design every aspect of their bathroom. You can match the shower curtain to the wall paper and the toilet. This would be so much fun for a kids bathroom or a novelty bathroom. From the graphic design aspect, can you imagine what kind of designs you could do? This isn't to far from designing cell phone skins or iPod cases.
The price point isn't outrageous like some would think. Its affordable and it uses green technology. And by advertising, business who install this component would already be getting their investment back.
While the author of this article would rather stick to reading magazines in the bathroom, I think its more about being creative and finding creative ways to be creative.
wow. no pun intended. Seems like a kool tool, but also, leads me to wonder what type of security u'd need for them in public places... vandelism could resort to a child going to use the restroom and seeing some inappropriate advert that some silly person would think as funny, but all in all i think its unique.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about that but maybe there is some kind of lock on the tank so that someone can't insert their own advertising without paying for it.
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