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Walking Out of Social Contracts

02 Jan 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Seoul
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A small but significant social nudging behaviour by this street food seller next to Dongdaemon fabric market Seoul: as customers pass by she invites them …
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Grain/Pulse Filter

15 Sep 2011
In: Design Inspiration, Ibadan
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Shifting Beans

29 Aug 2011
In: Ibadan, Today's Office
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The crew slips into the local grain market in Ibadan – a sprawling throng of stallholders and hawkers selling grains, vegetables, heavy-earthy yams, to conduct …
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Tailored

23 May 2011
In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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Hand-sewn, hand-hewn – is such as integral part of the experience of being in China.
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Personal Data as Asset Class

Those of you looking to stretch your thinking on the personal data discussion will want to peruse the WEF’s Personal Data: The Emergence of a …
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The Going Rate

Gun market, Kabul.
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Mazar Snapshot III

24 Aug 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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If you’re going to take a photo of a truck full of cattle skins, do remember to occasionally keep an eye out for open sewers. …
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A Grimace in the Mind

Canny designers have been playing on the human mind’s ability to see faces in pretty much anything usually to add a smile – one of …
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Carry, Display Norms

28 Mar 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Medan
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Famers markets tend to have highly evolved, highly efficient ways of carrying and displaying their wares. – in this case the the visual extenuation from …
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Ad-Hoc Weapons

30 Oct 2009
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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A day spent ad-hoccing in the alleys around Kabul’s Pul-e Khishti Mosque, led to this quiet cul-de-sac selling sewing machines and small arms – the …
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