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Lock

Mumbai: lock, box
13 Sep 2013

In: Street Hacks
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Journey’s for Water: Survival Strategies for Urban India

05 Sep 2013

In: Today's Office
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One of the things we’ve been sharing in India this week is a short study on Sarvajal a novel service to provide affordable clean drinking …
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Poor Tradeoffs

21 Sep 2012

In: Design Inspiration
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One for design focussed numismatists: the 1 and 2 rupee coins from a recent trip to India include fingers, in part as a way to …
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For Hire

03 Sep 2012

In: Cultural Norms
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Pottery Textures

03 Sep 2012

In: Cultural Norms, Dharavi
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Service Design

03 Sep 2012

In: Cultural Norms
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Indian Suburban Architecture Norms

03 Sep 2012

In: Bhandup West, Cultural Norms
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Running home interviews in the Mumbai suburbs – the contemporary architectural experience is surprisingly close to that of Chinese suburbs.
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Cultural Calibration

03 Sep 2012

In: Bandra West, Cultural Norms
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One of the forms of rapid cultural calibration – pop into a McDonalds and sit and observe for 20 minutes. Simple example of cultural nuances …
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Boon

03 Sep 2012

In: Bandra West, Cultural Norms
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Water Truck

03 Sep 2012

In: Bandra West, Cultural Norms
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