Skull Candy
Ad-hoc interview with a member of BOPE – background reading particularly the report entitled “They Come in Shooting” by Amnesty International recommended. Their working schedule …
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07 Dec 2011
One of the challenges of dispenser design is minimising bacterial transference.
This dental floss vending machine in this Rio de Janeiro restaurant – designed in such …
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You’re planning a project and are wondering how many people to commit to the field study. Whilst there are a lot of variables that will …
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One useful distinction when it comes to planning field work is to think in terms of core and extended team members.
Core team members are usually …
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The team touches down in Rio to be confronted with a pleasantly empty airport. Whilst you might equate this with a waltz through customs, it …
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Here Come (Reports of) Violence
01 Apr 2008
Those of you with interested in the role of mobile phones and other newish media tools in activism should take a look at Ushahidi.com a …
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Readers on the other side of the globe (to Japan) can now head over to our local Satellite Design Studio in Rio de Janeiro located …
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Bag Size Norms
07 Aug 2007
Walk into a Brazilian urban supermarket and your are highly likely to walk out with purchases carried in small, thin plastic bags. Buying a lot …
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After two back-to-back longhaul flights the team touches down in Tokyo. 24 hours of flight time to sleep, reflect on missed and taken opportunities; and …
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Display Norms
01 Aug 2007
And at last we find a decent local veg market. Healthy food = happy team.
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