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The Wedding Photos

Shanghai: the wedding photos
China’s booming wedding photo industry alive and well in my neighbourhood. Researching in third and fourth tier cities its fairly common in home visits to find …



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09 Jun 2012

In: Cultural Norms
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Park Life

09 Jun 2012

In: Design Inspiration
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Road Crew

09 Jun 2012

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Xuhui Textures

29 Apr 2012

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Bugs, Caught.

29 Apr 2012

In: Street Hacks
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Handmade, with traditional metal bowl on the base as an anchor.
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Lane Ramp

29 Apr 2012

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Those little cues that divide here (in this instance a traditional Shanghai lane/cul-de-sac) from there.
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Classic of the Genre

11 Jan 2012

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Lane house shared sink. One day these will be retro-retro. But not today.
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Keypad Order

25 Sep 2010

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Roof Top Blues

14 Aug 2010

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A day wrapped around local media interviews and the inevitable photo shoot. When it’s nudging 40-degrees-and-humid there’s nowhere better than the reflective properties of a …
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Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht

30 Jul 2010



Ssiiiihht: that’s the sound that a consumer makes when she buys a spare phone/laptop charger – the sharp intake of breathe that comes from …
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