2008 archives

Ste.n.cil.

06 Mar 2008
In: GRF, Tokyo
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Bench Ad Norms

06 Mar 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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Proof of Not Alone

06 Mar 2008
In: Akasaka, Today's Office
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Mobile phone’s positioning as a remote other sends the signal ‘I’m with someone, I’m not alone’.
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A Body of Language

05 Mar 2008
In: Chitose, Cultural Norms
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A Japanese phone user (in the shadows, center) conducts a call facing the wall – the body language of making a phone call.
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Elevated, Abstracted UI

05 Mar 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Shinjuku, back of
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Service Pollination Opportunities

05 Mar 2008
In: Chitose, Cultural Norms
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Shoe formation from a classroom’s worth of pupils taking off their slippers at the entrance to the room. The importance, or otherwise of wearing the …
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Size, Colour, Density

04 Mar 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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Big Brother / Little Sister

29 Feb 2008
In: Future Perfect, Seoul
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When it comes to surveillance most people think of big brother, but increasingly its your (early adopting, tech savvy, sensor loaded) little sister. Which makes …
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Going Local

28 Feb 2008
In: Rio de Janeiro, Today's Office
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Readers on the other side of the globe (to Japan) can now head over to our local Satellite Design Studio in Rio de Janeiro located …
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Traces

27 Feb 2008
In: Future Perfect, Tokyo
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A cable that runs between the body of this Japanese toilet and the seat – to power the under-seat heating. Having an exposed cable is …
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