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Underlines

01 Nov 2010
In: Research Methods, Shanghai
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Friends visiting Shanghai, looking at the city through similar lenses. The act of recording as a signifier of ‘interesting’. The act of recording the recording as …
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Postures of Use

27 Sep 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Kyoto
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Illegal Crossing

This photo is illegal, apparently. One of those ‘you can’t take a photo here’ situations that over the years has dulled my enjoyment of working …
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6 Rules of Field Photography

01 May 2010
In: Kabul, Research Methods
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The extent to which you have the moral and legal obligation to protect your study participant’s privacy? The ways in which this conflicts with how the data will be used within your organisation and if the subject matter allows, how it might be used in the public domain?
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Monsoon Portrait

10 Apr 2010
In: Dharavi, Research Methods
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Directly behind me are a family of 4, plus 2 team members conducting the interview, plus ~6 kids from the neighbourhood crammed into a 6 …
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Little Bar. Littler Stage.

26 Mar 2010
In: Chengdu, Design Inspiration
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One debauched night squeezed into the corner of the stage at the Little Bar, Chengdu, my guide for the evening tucked in somewhere amongst the …
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Trigger Finger

05 Mar 2010
In: Future Perfect, Lhasa
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I’m a fan of design provocation – little projects that challenge the way we think about and see the world. Which is why Sasha Pohflepp’s …
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A Day in the Life, Simulated in a Day

26 Feb 2010
In: Chongqing, Research Methods
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One of the slides from the recent Behind the Scenes event showed one of Chongqing participants (above) seemingly in a moment of domestic bliss – …
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From Capture to Facilitation

08 Dec 2009
In: Future Perfect, Shanghai
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How does the role of the photographer change in a world where billions of sensors combine to capture ~octillions of experiences?
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Media Studies

13 Nov 2008
In: Shanghai, Today's Office
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On the wrong side of the lens unfortunately.
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