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New Forms of Consumer Guilt

Like a number of you I purchased a Twine – the thing that provides new ways to sense and measure and understand the …
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Downtown LA

05 Mar 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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If you were to write about Southwest Border Violence there’s a fair chance you would utilise some of these words: Drug cartel Violence, Gang, Drug …
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Seoul, Digital View

29 Dec 2011
In: Cultural Norms, Seoul
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If you want to understand public interaction with displays, you need to spend time in Seoul. Seoul Metro now how more than 900 of these Digital …
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Motivations for Monitoring

17 Oct 2010
In: Ashgabat, Design Inspiration
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Article on the MIT Technology Review on remote monitoring of mobile phones – recording data and phone use, battery life. Remote diagnostics is nothing new …
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The Traces of Others

25 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Washington DC
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A common sight for urinal users the world over – the unflushed pee from the previous stall user(s). As we become more inventive in how we …
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Blue Rinse

25 Feb 2010
In: Future Perfect, Shimo Kitazawa
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A familiar sight in the (toilet-bowl-using) world over. But it could and ultimately will, be so much more. Expat discussions about toilets in Japan tend to center …
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