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Posts Tagged ‘Street Hacks’

Tin Hacks

25 Jul 2012
In: Huye
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Antenna Hacks

21 Feb 2012
In: Addis Ababa
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Wheel Rim Grill

09 Sep 2011
In: Design Inspiration, Ibadan
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Stoves made from recycled wheel rims in front of this Ibadan grocery store – 3 legs welded onto the rim.
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Real? Or Real Shanzhai

10 Jun 2011
In: Shanghai
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New article up on The Atlantic on shanzhai innovation.
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Monopoly, Reverse Engineered

07 Feb 2011

In the Fold

27 Oct 2010
Guerilla inserted book mark – presumably placed by the budding author in the retail outlet.
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Car (Key) Hacks

25 Oct 2010
Visitors to China wanting to duplicate a lost car key (or interested in knowing how easy it is to remotely steal someone else’s key) should …
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Mac Hacks

24 Oct 2010
There’s something quite delicious about prising open a closed platform.
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Street Services

25 Aug 2010
In: Mazar e Sharif
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Evolution of the street charging services in a city where only a few have uninterrupted access to mains electricity, and many have none. With each …
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Dual Brand

06 May 2010
In: Handan
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