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Xiamen: enhance
So much hope, aspiration, lust wrapped up in the packaging and its contents.



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04 Jan 2013

In: Cultural Norms, Xiamen
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I Love You Three Eight Wife Forever

03 Jan 2013

In: Design Inspiration, Xiamen
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Next to a brothel, alley in Xiamen.
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Everyday Prayer

30 Dec 2012

In: Cultural Norms, Lhasa
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From outside the Potala Palace, Lhasa.
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Urban Beachhead

23 Dec 2012

In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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Entertainment complex on Shanghai’s bund, complete with sandy beach. All the elements are there but it’s crassly implemented, and framed by Shanghai pollution.
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He’s So Dry.

11 Nov 2012

In: Beijing, Future Perfect
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A foreigner drawing attention to spitting in China is probably the one issue that creates more negative feedback from educated, cosmopolitan Chinese than any other, …
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Insert/Note

09 Nov 2012

In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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Brand Attributes

09 Nov 2012

In: Design Inspiration, Shanghai
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Pockets of Calm

17 Oct 2012

In: Design Inspiration, Shanghai
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Tooling Up

17 Oct 2012

In: Design Inspiration, Shanghai
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What does Google and Microsoft know about Apple, that Apple doesn’t know about Apple? Think: search, domains, IP addresses, inspiration, design, patents, prior-art etc. And given that …
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Theatre Norms

15 Oct 2012

In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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