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Your Face Here

Tokyo: stealing souls
As many of my friends appreciate I’m camera shy. Partly it’s a desire for privacy, and partly it is because more photos makes my work …



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29 Sep 2013

In: Design Inspiration
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Purpose Amplified

15 Jun 2013

In: Future Perfect, Shibuya, back of
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Things that amplify, draw into focus or reveal other spectra. What happens when they are not in our service, but in the service of things …
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Pockets of Calm II

03 Jun 2013

In: Cultural Norms, Shibuya, back of
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No 8

03 Jun 2013

In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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One of the best cups of joe in the city.
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Main. Stream.

24 May 2013

In: GRF, Parco
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Passive Aggressive Offerings

24 May 2013

In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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Not entirely sure this is intentional or not: Tokyo cafe offers free wifi to it’s customers, but then makes the login and password so …
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Adi-table

25 Oct 2012

In: Design Inspiration
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Branded dining.
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Sponsorship & Disgrace

17 Oct 2012

In: Design Inspiration
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How does athletic sponsorship and doping disgrace play out when digital memories are more persistent, and its easier to storify past hype? How does our perception …
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Natural Fit

01 Oct 2012

In: Design Inspiration
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How a relatively garish brand fits into a more upscale retail environment. Somewhat surprised that they didn’t decide upon a Natural Lawson, instead of the …
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Layout. Function.

29 Sep 2012

In: Design Inspiration
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Rounding out a week of elevatoresque posts this button positioning for full-bodied customers (up/down buttons above) and wheelchair access customers (up/down buttons below). Aside from …
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