Telekatessen
‘Telekatessen’ is a service for the digital connoisseur. It offers the opportunity for the message sender to craft the experience of how the message is received.
The sender includes the text he wants on the delicacy and the phone number of the friend. He sends this message to a local business that is part of the ‘Telekatessen’ network. The local business sends a special ‘Telekatessen’ message to your friend, telling them there is a surprise gift waiting for them. If the friend accepts the ‘gift’ by replying, the local business makes their gift for them.
The friend simply shows the ‘Telekatessen’ message on their phone to the shop attendants in the local business to receive their gift. The message sender pays for the gift by having it charged automatically to their phone bill by the ‘Telekatessen’ Service.
Telekatessen is a community-based service that collaborates with selected local businesses, known for their gastronomic excellence, and supports them through telecommunications.
Telekatessen has been presented to:
- IDEO, London
- Sony Design Centre London
- Kei Totsuka and team, R&D at the Sony Computer Science lab. Tokyo
- Telecom Italia Mobile
- CioccolaTO, the Piemonte chocolate fair
- Doors of Perception
- IST Milano 2003, Milano
IDII gallery and own Project site
Designers: Francesca Rosella (Italy), David Slocombe (UK), Livia Sunesson (Sweden) and Magnus Torstensson (Sweden). Project Head: Jan-Christoph Zoels, Tony Dunne & Fiona Raby