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Kite Reel/Interface

22 Mar 2011
In: Dandong, Design Inspiration
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Spacing

31 Aug 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Any kite that comes too low is fair game – the first person to catch it, owns it – hence the cricket/baseball style person-spacing on …
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Skydiving Frogs

02 Mar 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Venice
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The romantic notion that some animals are inherently more sky-divable than others, and the perpetual state of free-fall that the skydiving-frog design implies.
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Social Norms, Artifacts There-of

14 Nov 2009
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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The extent to which social activities take place out on the streets, in the home or, as in Afghanistan – around the family compound and …
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Kite String Naming Norms

02 Aug 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Popular kite string brands including: Captain 2007, Regency 2007, Olympic (no doubt officially authorized), Khyber Shaheen and the Mamilon Shutranj no 1. Surprising to see …
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What Gives?

01 Aug 2008
In: Kabul, Today's Office
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Somewhere down there in the haze that is Kabul is my home for the foreseeable. This visit is an opportunity look beyond what ends up in …
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