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Purpose Amplified

15 Jun 2013
In: Future Perfect, Shibuya, back of
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Things that amplify, draw into focus or reveal other spectra. What happens when they are not in our service, but in the service of things …
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Gouged Eyes

20 Nov 2011
In: Shanghai, Street Hacks
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Camera removed from this Shanghai ATM machine. Our relationship with sensors? The obviousness of what is being sensed an how? The ease at which sensors can be …
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Watching You, Glancing At Me

11 Nov 2011
In: Cultural Norms, Shibuya
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Camera mounted in this Acure beverage vending machine. What this TV can say about this station? It’s passengers? Their behaviours, consumption patterns.
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Sous Chef

08 Nov 2011
In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya
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Our Shop is Under Surveillance

05 Aug 2011
In: Cultural Norms, Munich
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Motivations for displaying the ‘you are being watched’ sticker compared to this. For example – to what extent is the video sign related to anti-theft …
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Our Shop is Monitored By…

05 Aug 2011
In: Brighton, Cultural Norms
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By the police and neighbours. What if every professional and social association could be laid bare – how would this impact the likelihood of being …
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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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Checking into the Panopticon

07 Jun 2010
There’s something about checking into a hotel where you know the rooms are bugged, or at the very least used to be. Read the opening …
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Clustering / Autonomous Press Packs

14 May 2010
In: Future Perfect, Zhabei
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If a camera could sit anywhere where would it want to sit? In a future perfect world where there is more autonomous mobility – expect …
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Practices Around Privacy

25 Jun 2009
In: Design Inspiration, Tehran
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Finding the right balance between working for and being rewarded by a large corporation and respectfully engaging / disengaging with people and communities is a …
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