2008 archives

Behaviours Reflected

24 Mar 2008
In: Akasaka, Future Perfect
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This Akasaka coffee shop includes a row of accessible power sockets (running a long the edge of the window) primarily to support laptop use – …
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Super Sex on Pista

23 Mar 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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SuiPo

20 Mar 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Ginza
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The eagle eyed amongst you will have no doubt spotted the SuiPo (Suica Poster) touch point situated to the left and right of a Tokyo …
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Newish Ways of Seeing

20 Mar 2008
In: Akasaka, Design Inspiration
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The extent that real time visual information speeds up our ability to appreciate the consequences of actions and bodily re-actions – in this case a …
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Money, Not a Bank in Sight

19 Mar 2008
In: Mumbai
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Imagine a world without access to banks and the services they provide – baseline services such as credit, money transfers, savings. For many of the …
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The Power of 15+

19 Mar 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Shibuya
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The practice of kitting out a bunch of students in a uniform and sending them out onto the streets, in Shibuya.
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Sports, Tracked by Phone

18 Mar 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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Japanese mobile operator KDDI/AU gently stretches, jogs and cycles its way further into the service space with its Smart Sports service – use your mobile …
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Cultural Arbitrage

18 Mar 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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Pattern recognition with a given format – URL, phone number, address, QR bar code…; the speed at which domain squatters squat; cultural nuances within a …
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Form and Flexibility

18 Mar 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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New Ways of Feeling

18 Mar 2008
In: Akasaka, Design Inspiration
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The gag reflex is pretty strong.
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