Current Experiments
Go Wander
A fortune capsule vending machine for the curious.
Insert a dollar. Turn the knob. Get a capsule.
Inside: a fortune slip written for you — for the neighborhood you’re standing in, the shop you wandered into, the afternoon you didn’t have plans for. A task. A place to go. A song to listen to right now. A reason to put the phone away.
Format
Analog capsule vending machine
Territory
Oakland & Emeryville, CA
Price
One dollar. No app required.
The Society
We are not
anti-internet.
We are
anti-autopilot.
Dark Parlour Society is a small, strange operation making objects and experiences designed to interrupt the ordinary. We work in the physical world, with analog materials and sensory details, creating things that feel like they were found rather than purchased.
Each project is an experiment. Some will fail. Some will become rituals. We document them all.
Go Wander is Experiment No. 01. More are coming.