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Placeholder Queuing

14 Jul 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Kajo Keji
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At the waterpump outside Kajo Keji civil hospital.
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Icons of Surgery

29 Dec 2011
In: Shanghai, Today's Office
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Post Op

16 Jul 2011
In: Shanghai, Today's Office
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Today’s office involves jumping between the design studio and an operating theatre for a little slice and dice. There’s nothing like first-hand experience of an …
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Theatre Lights

16 Jul 2011
In: Design Inspiration, Shanghai
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Beautiful detail on the operating theatre lights, and some reasonably graceful degradation – even though the mid-light handle is unscrewed, the nurses can still pull …
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Safe Surrender Sites

02 May 2009
In: Today's Office, Westwood
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When the UCLA ER bring their signature perfume to market it will be a subtle blend of antiseptic, human fatigue with a just a hint …
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Hospital Gift Norms

21 Apr 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Ginza
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Elasticity of Anti/Social Spaces

20 Apr 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Ochanomizu
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Mobile phones used in this Ochanomizu hospital, restricted to phone booths. In a world of smaller more discreet objects, how to know what activity a …
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Time Capsules

17 Feb 2008
In: Salt Lake City, United States
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Portrait norms and technical capabilities communicated in a row of photos at the Ogden Regional Medical Center. For a visit to a friend and operatee, …
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Learning Not To Ask Too Many Questions

26 May 2006
In: Ginza, Today's Office
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The default in the operating theatre is calming classical music but it sounds too much like muzak for my liking. I don’t expect a postive …
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