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Airport Textures

08 Oct 2012
In: Design Inspiration, San Francisco
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The plusses of travel tempered by being in a airport after midnight on a friday night. Some airports feel like the set of resident evil …
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Airport Haze

08 Jul 2012
In: Doha, Today's Office
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The red-eye gets in at ~5, the airport bus takes forever and a day from disembarkation to reach the terminal for our connecting flight to …
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Chinese Airport Textures

17 Apr 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Hongqiao
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Dense-urban China does a like-clockwork pollution-grey mist for early morning flights, a haze that lingers through the day. Delays are very common on popular routes …
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How to Surive the Airport Taxi

If there’s one thing that is likely to raise the stress levels of the think-you’ve-seen-it-all-before business traveler it’s the taxi from the airport to the …
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Airport Sushi

07 Dec 2007
In: Tashkent, Today's Office
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Slice of baguette, margarine and ikura served up in the domestic departure lounge. Breakfast by any other name.
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The Psychology of Packing

Why the way you pack shapes your journey For many travellers wheeled luggage is the most efficient way of getting from known-A to known-B. The reality …
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Than Most

18 Nov 2013
In: China, Daocheng, Design Inspiration
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Today’s airport is funkier than most, higher than most.
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Pop The Trunk

03 Jul 2013
In: Future Perfect, Shenzhen
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Yesterday I drove straight from Hong Kong airport to give a talk at Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen. As you cross the border into Shenzhen traffic …
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Reflections on Glass, References

15 Apr 2013
In: Design Inspiration
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A few references for the You Lookin’ at Me? Reflections on Google Glass article from last week. Changing consumer expectations with shared-services such as ZipCar; The …
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Location Enscribed

02 Mar 2013
In: Design Inspiration, Zurich
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And coincidentally, the FAA engineering and design guidelines for airports, pilots airport map of SFO.
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