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Follow Your Convictions/The Money

Monty

08 Sep 2010
In: Research Methods, Shanghai
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In a land of imploding bank, and a distinct lack of ATMs that support withdrawals on an international card the man with cold hard cash …
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Opaque Messages

05 Sep 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Munich
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ATM viewed from the exact angle where display becomes to opaque to read. Privacy filters for mobile phones are common practice in the density of …
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The Money of History

22 Aug 2010
Stepped out of a series of ad-hoc interviews with hawala agents, to find this gent punting this 1910 hundred rouble banknote to the currency dealers …
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Mobile Money Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a country with extremely low levels of access to banking infrastructure; limited trust in formal institution; and high levels of illiteracy. On the …
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Mobile, Money, Chai, Delivery

27 Jul 2010
In: Ahmedabad, Cultural Norms
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Spent an hour this morning in the basement of my hard drive looking through the archives for photos related to mobile money service use for …
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Money on the Table

26 Jun 2010
In: French Concession, Today's Office
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Not quite the extreme of buying an apartment in Tokyo but if you want to rent a property in China be prepared to bring plenty …
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Human, Mobile ATM

It might not look like it but the gent in blue jeans (above) is a human ATM, an agent that is sufficiently (but not overly) …
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Currency, Size, Value, Odor

12 Jun 2010
In: Ashgabat, Design Inspiration
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Blessed Transactions

21 Apr 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Dharavi
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The proximity of faith related icons to the money in this Dharavi chai-house – every time a transactions is completed the owner brushes the religious …
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