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Packaging, Waste

27 Dec 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Khiva
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West Coast, Ho

27 Dec 2007
In: San Francisco, Today's Office
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I’m heading to LA and the Bay Area in early February with a couple of open slots in my schedule. If your organisation is interested …
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Waiting For Small Packages to Explode

27 Dec 2007
In: Future Perfect, Urumqi
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You are walking in your high street and you see a bag on the ground. What goes through your mind? What would happen if you left …
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Slot

26 Dec 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Urumqi
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When the baby squats the slot opens. From Urumqi, China.
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Street Food Display Norms

26 Dec 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Urumqi
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Street food exposed to the pollution you most large Chinese cities and off-set by the sub-zero temperatures. The only item in the bowl that remains …
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Cut and Blow

24 Dec 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Seoul
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A double barber’s shop sign on this Seoul street, a subtle indicator, if you know what you’re looking for, that sexual services offered in this …
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Seoul Stencil

24 Dec 2007
In: GRF, Seoul
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Post Coitus Interruptus

24 Dec 2007
In: Design Inspiration, Seoul
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Variable lengths of stubbed-out cigarettes indicating a mis-match between the expected amount of time before the next activity starts and the current one finishes. For …
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Eau de Toilette Naming Conventions

21 Dec 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Tashkent
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What’s in a name? These Uzbekistan Eau de Toilette names drawn from popular male mythology Mafia Don, Super Cosa Nostra; Big Boss; Super King; Secret Service; …
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Moments of Truth

21 Dec 2007
In: Design Inspiration, Uzbekistan
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Feedback form, Tashkent Palace Hotel.
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