2005 archives

Scars, Residues

25 Jul 2005
In: Design Inspiration, Shinjuku
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Scars as evidence of past activities. Upper photo from legs of young female skater at EDIT skate park (Experimental Development Inner-City Tokyo) in Shinjuku, lower …
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Use – Collection – Proof – Artifact

24 Jul 2005
In: Design Inspiration, Mt. Fuji
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Always interested to see what people take as evidence of being somewhere, or doing something (for me its sometimes this web site). A number of the …
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Cellular Coverage & Exploratory Behaviour

23 Jul 2005
In: Design Inspiration, Mt. Fuji
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Txting from the summit of Mt Fuji. Despite, or perhaps because of being the tallest mountain in Japan – 3776 meters, someone decided to put base …
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Nokia V-CD

10 Jul 2005
In: Old Delhi
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Can’t ever remember Nokia making video compact disc players. But if it says Nokia on the box its got to be Nokia in the box, right? …
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Cultures of Repair

03 Jul 2005
In: Delhi, Street Hacks
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On the last night of my most recent trip to India spent an evening trying to understand India’s informal mobile phone repair culture by visiting …
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Recycle

20 Jun 2005
In: Design Inspiration, Ji Lin
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The second hand phone market in Ji Lin city is a history lesson in phone design, covering everything from the original brick-like Motorolas & Nokias …
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Today’s Barber

29 May 2005
In: Design Inspiration, South Delhi
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Supple skin on the hands of a South Delhi barber. The shaving process included a face massage and the liberal application of raw aloe.
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TV & Mobile Fone

16 May 2005
In: Berlin, GRF
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Mural in Kreuzberg, Berlin – mobile phone joins television as symbol of mindless consumerism.
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Top-ups Via Vending Machines

12 May 2005
In: Berlin, Cultural Norms
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Top-up phone credit via vending machine. Remarkably graffiti-free for Berlin.
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IP Kiosks / Caller ID

18 Apr 2005
In: Ji Lin
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In China to prepare for a user study we are running later this year. So hire a car and driver for a day, head out of …
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