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Hacksaw Form Factor

29 Nov 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Marrakech
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The “hacksaw” aerial design for optimal surface area, common in Morocco.
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Spectator Sports

08 Oct 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Considerate Consumption

05 Jun 2011
In: Design Inspiration, Guangzhou
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TV stand that includes two additional power sockets in its base – makes it easier for passengers to rapidly identify where to find power in …
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Ad Pick-Up

04 Feb 2011
In: Cultural Norms, Shibuya
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Interactive advertisment using your osaifu-keitai. What contexts are conducive for what kinds of interaction?
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Comm Clusters

08 Jun 2010
In: Ashgabat, Cultural Norms
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Walk around the Ashgabat suburbs and you soon come across of clusters of satellite dishes clinging to buildings like mushrooms to a tree. How do consumers …
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Pre-Paid TV

23 Apr 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Ochanomizu
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Texture, Feeling, Technology

31 Mar 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Izu Koogen
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In an otherwise minimalist ryokan, the TV remote stands out both for its complexity, that by default that complexity is not hidden or disguised. It …
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Bits, Bytes, Teeth

07 Mar 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Sangenjaya
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Local Sangenjaya dentist chair now includes a retrofitted flat screen TV (below) used for showing DVDs to fearful punters (Wallace & Gromit on heavy rotation …
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Taking (TV) Reception More Seriously

11 Dec 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Dushanbe
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Obviously trying to get one-up on his Uzbekistani neighbours.
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Missing, A Good Thing I

29 Oct 2006
In: Tehran, Today's Office
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Our arrival in Tehran is certainly auspicious – 3 camera crews are here to greet the plane’s arrival. The focus of their attention? A trophy …
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