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Practices Around Privacy

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Finding the right balance between working for and being rewarded by a large corporation and respectfully engaging / disengaging with people and communities is a …



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25 Jun 2009

In: Design Inspiration
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Trust in What You Give

06 Nov 2006

In: Future Perfect
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At any time the average urban Iranian is within a few meters of a collection box like the one pictured – the larger model can …
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Moral Guardians

05 Nov 2006

In: Future Perfect
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As our collective ability to watch and monitor becomes ever more sophisticated how does this change the relationship between individuals, governments and organisations? In our future …
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Today’s Office

29 Oct 2006

In: Today's Office
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A group interview in an upscale north Tehran restaurant. Behind me to my left a dozen or so ladies dressed conservatively in black from the neck …
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Wayfinding Redundancy I

29 Oct 2006

An arrow pointing the way to Mecca on the ceiling of a Tehran hotel room – a simple enough task for a GPS enabled mobile …
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Literal Translation, In the Name of God

29 Oct 2006

In: Today's Office
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Only a few days of the study left and a still a need to cover a lot a ground in different parts of the city …
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Missing, A Good Thing II

29 Oct 2006

In: Today's Office
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A late walk through a rather sizeable local park in an effort to stretch my legs. By 10:30pm the remaining visitors are families checking out …
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Missing, A Good Thing I

29 Oct 2006

In: Today's Office
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Our arrival in Tehran is certainly auspicious – 3 camera crews are here to greet the plane’s arrival. The focus of their attention? A trophy …
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Uncondusive Spaces

22 Oct 2006

In: Research Methods
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Ad-hoc interviews in a bowling alley seemed like a good idea at the time – after all the same location had worked well on a …
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Everyday Forensics

21 Oct 2006

In: Design Inspiration
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The tools that enable us capture, review, edit and share, and the many different ways this moves towards real time, predictive. The implied authenticity of …
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