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Recycling. Scent.

Brighton: the scent of recycling
25 Dec 2011

In: Brighton, Cultural Norms
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Below the Line

11 Sep 2011

In: Brighton, Future Perfect
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Today: metal detector. Tomorrow: RFID detector.
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Walking Radius

11 Sep 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Soho
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Bench. Press.

07 Aug 2011

In: Covent Garden, Cultural Norms
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By all counts it shouldn’t be place where people linger: it’s mid-block between two busy intersections and is hemmed in by a tight pavement on …
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Our Shop is Monitored By…

05 Aug 2011

In: Brighton, Cultural Norms
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By the police and neighbours. What if every professional and social association could be laid bare – how would this impact the likelihood of being …
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Lessons from Faux Pas

We’re professional, we travel for a living, decoding culture for paying clients. But the very nature of our outsider status, our constant travel means that …
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Learner. Learned.

31 Jul 2011

In: Cultural Norms, London
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What is a ‘learner’ when cars and motorcycles self-drive? How would they learn from each other? & learners from Uganda, Japan.
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Hair, Detail

28 Jul 2011

In: Design Inspiration, London
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Bike Sticker Tax-Free Love

28 Jul 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Soho
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“We supply tax-free bikes for work here” on the door of the Tokyo Fixed Gear shop, Soho. Related: bicycle sticker design elements and Sexon Super Pista, …
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Protecting Remote Eyes

28 Jul 2011

In: Brighton, Cultural Norms
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The obviousness with which the mechanisms with which we are observed are visible, targets, protected, versus those which are hidden, remote. Prickly, protected cages no …
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