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The Value of Used Objects

12 Oct 2012
In: Design Inspiration, San Francisco
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Gazelle.com appealing to base instincts feels very much like its 2005 all over again. The perceived and actual value for used objects? What happens when you know …
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Service Detail

28 Sep 2011
In: Cultural Norms, New York
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Time Shifting Object Exchange

06 Aug 2011
In: Design Inspiration, Munich
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A DHL parcel pick-up point located in central Munich. It is easy to forget how powerful the idea of time-shifting the exchange of objects especially …
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Location-Shifting / Field Hacks

05 Mar 2010
In: Ahmedabad, Street Hacks
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How many remote controls are in your home? In my sparse Tokyo rabbit hutch I count 6: one for the air-conditioner; the fan; home music …
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Delivery Norms, Consumption Habits

01 Dec 2008
In: Future Perfect, Shanghai
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Meal delivery in Shanghai. What meals are currently off-limits for home delivery and why? To what extent do changes in local delivery norms alter consumption …
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Fantasy. Reality. Stir

19 Oct 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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An open studio for wedding photos – in the garden of the Meguro Gajoen Hotel above (& incidentally the view directly below my office window), …
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Disembodied Voices

18 Apr 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Izu Koogen
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Customers of this vending machines situated in Izu Koogen station are talked through the process of obtaining a new travel pass by a remotely located …
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