2008 archives

Journey’s By Rail

10 Jul 2008
In: Handan, Today's Office
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Whilst the team has traveled across time zones to be here, in many ways our journey starts here in the hot bustling haze of today’s …
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Our Augmented World

08 Jul 2008
In: Daikanyama, Design Inspiration, Future Perfect
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In a future perfect world where a % of the urban population is wearing or carrying a device that is capable of augmenting reality what …
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Reflections

08 Jul 2008
In: Omotesando, Today's Office
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For the next two hours this is my office – a sofa in the Lotus, located in a Omotesando back alley. I’ve spent the day …
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Re-entry. Permits

08 Jul 2008
In: Beijing, Today's Office
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As with our recent study in Ahmedabad luggage is x-rayed on the way into the country. The equipment list is gear-lite but still more than …
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Ambient Reality Checks

07 Jul 2008
In: Research Methods, Tokyo
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If you’ve ever tried managing a cross-cultural project where the team hails from Europe, China and India you’ve probably come across decimal place separator issues. …
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Tagging People and Objects for Profit

04 Jul 2008
In: Ahmedabad, Future Perfect
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Last day in Ahmedabad – our rickshaw driver shouting over the drone of the 2-stroke, and she stops to pull in the scarf. We collectively …
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Incentivised Recycling

30 Jun 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Sangenjaya
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The mental distance between the act of recycling, and what happens with what is recycled. My neighbourhood paper recycling van in Sangenjaya drops off (recycled) …
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Auto-Rickshaw Mud Flap Customisation

27 Jun 2008
In: Ahmedabad, Cultural Norms
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One of the sweeter aspects of whizzing between meetings in Ahmedabad has been seeing occasional glimpses of of artistic inspiration fly by – in the …
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Carrying and Interaction Behaviours

25 Jun 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Nakame
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The slides from today’s Nike Tokyo Design Studio co-presentation with Fumiko Ichikawa on Interaction and Carrying Styles is now online. Thanks to Fumiko Tsuji and …
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Mediated Experiences

23 Jun 2008
In: Shinjuku, Today's Office
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On a side note – it’s interesting to see how other people label that thing that you do. I’m neither a trained anthropologist nor do …
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