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The Wi-Food Generation - Feeding in the Social Media AgeConcept created and developed by Paolo Barichella

What happens when an improvised moment such as a Picnic becomes the project work ofa designer? And what happens when this occurs during the post digital revolution age?

Picnic 2.0 answers these and other questions, revealing the best way to achieve thisobjective.

Web mobile and Social media networking

The term Picnic 2.0comes from the term WEB 2.0which, in turn, indicates the move froman interactive WEBapproach to a participatoryone. With regard to a social context, thisanalogy has never been as focused after all, what is more engaging than a picnic?

2.0and its next versions reveal a technological evolution that improves older software orplatform versions. Picnic 2.0sanctions the evolution of the ordinary picnic during the postdigital revolution age.

The Picnic 2.0approach starts with a group of people who meet on a website especiallydeveloped for this initiative, or on the preferred social network, where they create an

event. Participants thus decide to book their personal Picnic 2.0 via WEB orInternet Mobilein one of the spots present in any of the city parking areas adhering to theproject.


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Booking and services

After creating the event, participants receive a personalized QR Code*ontheir mobile phones and a confirmation e-mail/sms, which identify themupon arrival against the Picnic 2.0 booking form completed online. The

identification of each participant is immediate via Bluetooth, Wi-Fior simplyvia optical reading of the QR code. At that point, all participants mobilephones become inter-connected.

A subscription program including a RFID(chip pass) has been set up for participants whowish to become regular users, providing them with several benefits.

According to the original spirit that heralded Picnic as an informal activity par excellence(where gathering and eating together have enjoyment as objective), each participantdecides what ingredients to bring at the event. At this point every participant receivesinformation about products brought along by other members; the program accordingly

proposes a range of recipes using those ingredients.

If, by any chance, an ingredient is missing, a convenient well-equipped clubhouse

supports any requests through a thematic minimarketthat supplies products tailored forthe picnic and provides for the washing of the kitchen equipment. The system ischaracterized by its very low environmental impact, thanks to its modern concept ofenergy saving cooking, guaranteed by the use of technology through induction andWOKpans.

*QR Code a two-dimensional barcode used as a convenient application aimed at mobile phone camerausers, which enables them to memorize a programmed URL.


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Sustainability: from Barbecue through to WOK

Whilst previously participants at a Barbecue were bringing bags with coal, nowadaysPicnic 2.0participants can rely on a system based on sustainable energy sourcesthatdo not cause smoke and pollution, therefore avoiding fire risks.

The project is entirely inspired from nature. As with the chlorophyll photosynthesiswhere the required energy is produced by leaves, within the Picnic 2.0 the energy isproduced by photovoltaic panels, which also provide for the covering of the area.

This energy is stored in high yield accumulators geared to power any of the Picnicmodules energy requirements. From cooking through induction (done through systemsthat transform the electric power, via electronics, in electromagnetic waves that heat the

WOK pan above the oven), all through to powering the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennasand the possibility to charge participants mobile phonesusing low-voltage USBports,everything is powered by the energy produced using the photovoltaic covering of the

module.


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Evolution Positioning the project

The self-powered module, including related optionals and services, has beenconceived to function entirely independently, and is geared for: picnic areas, parking

areas, beaches, highway stopping areas, golf clubs, water parks and fun parks,open swimming pools, gardens, countryside, agritourism, camping sites andtouristic villages.

Picninc 2.0has been developed from a conceptstudied by Paolo Barichella, who askedMauro Olivierito assist as designer consultant. The self-powered Picnic 2.0module hasbeen developed by Revello, a firm already active in this field, which had already produced

such interesting structures, e.g. covering of greenhouses and parking areas.

The project envisages using dining tables with photovoltaic panels, a reminder of the

classic archetype wooden tables already present in picnic areas in the mountains andopen parking sites. These new generation elements compete with the solar energy forcharging mobile phones and mobile equipments for Picnic 2.0participants, providing theenergy needed for the use of led lamps, thus allowing for the event to also take placeduring evening hours. Besides having a very low environmental impact, the led lamps

replace torches and gas lamps, thus avoiding any fire risks.

We are looking forward to seeing you at Picnic 2.0in parking and open areas, in the citiesthat are most sensitive to the environmental impact.

Info:

Francesca Russo mobile [email protected]

Ilaria Legato mobile [email protected]

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