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Colour Matching

The ability of advertisements to match the colour of their surroundings, passing traffic, weather conditions…
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Dazzle Camouflage

A gem of a book found in the hotel library – details the history of dazzle camouflage – often attributed to the artist Norman Wilkinson. …
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Break Glass

Instructions for breaking glass in the even of an emergency. Assume layers of information on top of anything and everything, contextually dependent. And then served up …
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Augmenting Teeth

Dentist tool for seeing where teeth grind – by checking the red and blue stain remains. The whole patient-holds-mirror-up-to-mouth works well enough, but expect to …
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Future Pin-Ups

17 Nov 2010
In: Daikanyama, Future Perfect
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The male changing rooms of this Daikanyama sento – includes a pin-up of a late 90′s gravia (underwear model). How future users/actors/constituents/participants/.. of the space …
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Mapping the Journey

17 Nov 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Shinagawa
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The journey from Shinagawa to Kansai Airport includes Shinkansen and local trains- with the serving staff laying out the tickets to explain each leg of …
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Frames

The lack of lens extenuating its decorative role.
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Eye Colour Norms (Speed of Change)

The next time you are up close with a young, female Shanghainese spend just a little bit longer staring into her eyes – despite the …
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Table Icons

08 Jul 2010
In: Brighton, Design Inspiration
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Currently fixated by uniform shapes (ketchup), and the clash of uniform shapes (table, chairs versus ketchup dispensers).
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Augmented Pasts

02 Jul 2010
In: Brighton, Design Inspiration
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A reminder that we have a rich history of augmentation – this H Hughes & Sons sexton from the 1930′s – still in use by …
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