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Missed, Mixed Emotions

19 Dec 2011
In: Design Inspiration, Portland
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The electric toothbrush is a wonderful invention – even if Braun’s milking of the its patent portfolio with propriety toothbrush heads feels like price gouging …
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Sachets that Mimic

24 Feb 2008
In: Accra, Cultural Norms
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Sachet’s mimicking the design of a tube. For what product and in what context is it desirable for the tube mimicking the design of sachets?
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Relative Values

15 Aug 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Washington DC
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Instructions ‘to minimize swallowing use a pea-sized amount’ written on a toothpaste tube bought in DC airport. The extent to which there is a cross-cultural understanding …
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