Leif Parsons

The ancient Greeks did it in the agora; the Romans did it in the forum; Persians did it in the bazaar (“the place of prices”);...

Even high-design dressing rooms, rare as they are, rarely function or inspire as the shop floor can. That may be changing, though.

Rescued from its long tenure as the home of processed snacks, the vending machine is enjoying a moment of unprecedented glitz.