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A lot of rich qualitative user research loses its soul by the time it's been squeezed into conference and journal submission formats and, with the exception of published patents work involving concept generation tends to remain confidential. What you see here scratches the surface, nothing more.

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Designing for Social Impact Workshop

Design Hub, Tokyo
Mar 14, 2014

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Secrets of Design Research

Academy Hills, Tokyo
Mar 12, 2014

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Don’t Believe The Hype, Especially Your Own

Super Deluxe, Tokyo
Feb 20, 2014

Presentation: Journey's for Water

Journey’s for Water: Survival Strategies in Urban India

Godrej India Culture Lab Mumbai, and the National Institute of Deisgn and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Sep 08, 2013

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Presentation: Designing for Social Impact

Designing for Social Impact

Presentations to the KODW, INNODesign CEO Dinner and Poly U Design Course, Hong Kong
Jul 04, 2013

20120102-HongKong-00751

In/Sight

Tencent Academy, Shenzhen
Jul 03, 2013

Chipchase-Design_Cover-vFinal_min

Finding Edges

Designer Fund, San Francisco, LoftWorks Tokyo, Hitachi Design Center, Tokyo, and the iSchool at the University of Tokyo
Jun 26, 2013

Presentation: MIT The Properties of Data

The Properties of Data

MIT, Boston
May 23, 2013

Presentation: Corporate Design Research

Corporate Design Research

Institute of Design, Illinois
May 22, 2013

Visa-frog-Singapore-Cover-min

Model for Innovation in Emerging Markets

Arts House, Singapore
May 07, 2013

Presentation: Unseen Connections

Unseen Connections

Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC
Mar 03, 2013

Presentation: In the Hands of God

In the Hands of God: Risk & Savings in Afghanistan

Consultative Group for the Poor, World Bank, Washington DC
Mar 01, 2013

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Presentation: White Pencil Symposium

White Pencil Symposium

Royal Institution, London
Nov 27, 2012

Presentation: Our Friend Connected

Our Friends Connected

Royal College of Art, London
Nov 19, 2012

Presentation: Two Degrees

2 Degrees

Guardian Mobile Summit, London
Nov 17, 2012

Presentation: Rutberg Wireless Influencers

Connected Society

Rutberg Wireless Influencers, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Oct 20, 2012

Presentation: Red Mat

Red Mat: A Design Experiment

TEDx 798 Factory, Beijing
Apr 01, 2012

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» 60 Second Assembly Movie

Uberrima Fides

Pop!Tech Conference, Camden, Maine
Nov 01, 2011

Presentation: Bandit Crowdsourced Translation

Bandit Translation Teams

Broadcasting Board of Governors, NYC
Sep 22, 2011

Presentation: UBICOMP 2011

Ubicomp

Ubicomp 2011, Beijing
Sep 16, 2011

Presentation: mobile money afghanistan

The Mobile Frontier

San Francisco
Feb 24, 2011

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Presentation: Afghanistan Mobile Money

Mobile Money Keynote

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona
Feb 17, 2011

Shanghai: Finance Forum CIO CEO

mBanking China

Finance Forum, CIO CEO Summit, Beijing
Oct 25, 2010

Presentation: Economist Ideas Economy, NYC, 2010

No Photo

Economist, Ideas Economy, NYC
Oct 02, 2010

Presentation: Economist London

China / Consumer

The Economist, London
Oct 01, 2010

Presentation: Afghanistan Mobile Money Project

Mobile Money Afghanistan

Afghanistan
Aug 06, 2010

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Presentation: tech@state

Tech @ State

State Department, Washington DC
Aug 03, 2010

Presentation: CES Keynote

CES Keynote

Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas
Jan 08, 2010

Presentation: Edge. Edgier. Edgiest.

Edge. Edgier. Edgiest.

Arts Center College of Design, Pasadena
Nov 16, 2009

Presentation: Designing Services for Financial Inclusion

Designing Services for Financial Inclusion

Mobile Money Transfer Conference, Dubai
Oct 26, 2009

» Download Slides 23MB PowerPoint
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Presentation: Today's Office

Better World by Design: Today’s Office

Rhode Island School of Design: Better World By Design Conference
Oct 02, 2009

Presentation: Pattern Recognition NYC

Pattern Recognition: NYC

PSFK/JWT, New York
Oct 01, 2009

Presentation: Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition: Shanghai

W+K Shanghai
Jul 19, 2009

» Download Slides 8MB PowerPoint
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Presentation: Design & Emotion

Design & Emotion

Design & Emotion Conference, Hong Kong
Apr 01, 2009

Presentation: Amino High

Ways of Seeing

Amino High School, South Central Los Angeles
Mar 27, 2009

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Presentation: CHI 2009

Everywhere

CHI 2009, Boston
Mar 05, 2009

Presentation: Remix

Remix

Aplix, Tokyo
Feb 25, 2009

Presentation: Tiger Blam

Tiger Blam

Frog Design/Morgan Stanley, New York
Nov 05, 2008

Presentation: Cut to the Chase

Cut to the Chase

Stanford University, Institute for Design
Oct 29, 2008

Presentation: LIFT Asia

Nine Trends Shaping the Future of Social Interaction

LIFT Asia, Jeju, South Korea
Sep 06, 2008

» Watch talk on LIFT Conference Site
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Presentation: Nike Studio Tokyo

Interaction & Carrying Behaviours

Nike Design Studio, Tokyo
Jun 25, 2008

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Presentation: Nokia Studio - Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Nokia Design Studio, London
Apr 29, 2008

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Presentation: Global Philanthropy Forum

Early Warning: Listening, Technology, Activism.

Global Philanthropy Forum
Apr 10, 2008

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Presentation: Street Hacks

Street Hacks

Adaptive Path, San Francisco
Apr 09, 2008

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Presentation: Coordination in the Future Urban

Coordination in the Future Urban

Arts Center, Pasadena
Feb 07, 2008

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Presentation: Context, Adrenalin & Design

Context, Adrenalin & Design

Google, Mountain View
Sep 27, 2007

Presentation: A Path Adapted

A Path Adapted

User Experience Week, Washington DC
Aug 15, 2007

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Presentation: World Bank

Design Research: Emerging Markets

World Bank
Aug 14, 2007

Presentation: Nokia Connection

Insight & Innovation: Design Research

Nokia Connection, Singapore
Jun 18, 2007

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Presentation: Ethno

Ethnography to Inform & Inspire Design

İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi - Department of Industrial Product Desig
Apr 27, 2007

Presentation: Where's the Phone

Where’s The Phone? A Global Study on Carrying Behaviours

Nokia Media Briefing
Apr 01, 2007

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Presentation: TED Talk 2007

TED Talk

TED Conference, Monterrey
Mar 08, 2007

Watch the TED Talk on TED.com
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Presentation: Nokia Technology Briefing

Connecting the Unconnected

Stanford University
Mar 05, 2007

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Presentation: Rural Battery Charging Services

Rural Battery Charging Services

Nokia Technology Briefing, Espoo
Jan 04, 2007

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Presentation: Village Phone

Village Phone

Nokia Media Briefing
Jan 01, 2007

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Presentation: Street Charging Services, Kampala

Street Charging Services, Kampala

Nokia Technology Briefing, Espoo
Jan 01, 2007

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Presentation: Community Address Book

Community Address Book & Call Log

National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore
Jan 01, 2007

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Presentation: Mobile TV, Personal Experiences

Mobile TV – Personal Experiences

Intel: People & Practices, Hillsboro & Annenberg Center for Communication, Los Angeles
Dec 04, 2006

Presentation: Shared Phone Use

Shared Phone Practices

CHI Conference, Boston et al.
Dec 01, 2006

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Presentation: Tehran University

Design Research

Tehran University
Oct 29, 2006

Presentation: Communication, Literacy & Design

Literacy, Communication & Design

LIFT Conference, Geneva
Sep 14, 2006

Presentation: Pecha Kucha - Repair Cultures

Pecha Kucha: Repair Cultures

Pecha Kucha, Tokyo
Aug 04, 2006

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Presentation: Informal Repair Cultures

Informal Repair Cultures

Meraka Institute, Pretoria
Jul 04, 2006

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Presentation: Physical Phone Personalisation

Physical Phone Personalisation

National Institute for Fashion Technology, New Delhi
Mar 01, 2006

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Presentation: Out There

Out There

National Institute for Fashion Technology, New Delhi
Mar 01, 2006

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Presentation: Mobile Essentials - What People Carry & Why

Mobile Essentials – What People Carry & Why

Designing the User Experience, San Francisco
Nov 05, 2005

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