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Don’t Get Mad. Change the Rules.

Don’t get mad. Change the rules. The biggest frustration of using ZipCar is that the vehicle that you’ve booked has not been returned on time. Standing …
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ERP Seams

17 Jun 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Singapore
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In a world of digital boundaries overlaid onto physical properties, how do you articulate the seams? Sign indicating the edges of the restricted zone in …
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Walking Out of Social Contracts

02 Jan 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Seoul
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A small but significant social nudging behaviour by this street food seller next to Dongdaemon fabric market Seoul: as customers pass by she invites them …
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The Point of Sale

If there’s one advantage to a couple of spare hours in Tokyo – it’s pulling up a seat in the under-the-arches back-of-Daikanyama Dexee Diner, and …
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Squared

iPad/cash register the Square dongle for processing credit cards.
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Mobile, Money, Chai, Delivery

27 Jul 2010
In: Ahmedabad, Cultural Norms
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Spent an hour this morning in the basement of my hard drive looking through the archives for photos related to mobile money service use for …
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Money on the Table

26 Jun 2010
In: Today's Office, Xuhui
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Not quite the extreme of buying an apartment in Tokyo but if you want to rent a property in China be prepared to bring plenty …
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ATM Norms

11 Jun 2010
In: Almaty, Cultural Norms
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Many of Almaty’s newer ATMs have a perculiar form: a significantly larger footprint than the international norm; and positioned in locations that force the customer …
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Infra Density

21 May 2010
In: Austin, Cultural Norms
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Just some of ~dozen ATMs in Austin’s 6th Street bar area – certainly the densest sustained row of cash machines I’ve come across anywhere in …
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A Crowd, A Stall

28 Apr 2010
In: Chengdu
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From a winters day trying to escape from the electronics market in Chengdu.
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