A week anchored by early morning conversations with European compatriots, a slew of interesting visitors to the studio, and that fresh-linen-bedspread-feeling that comes from planning …
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A single glove bagged and posted to this Shimo Kitazawa wall. How to know whether an object is deliberately discarded, placed or accidentally lost?
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Touch points from a long, long day: the 5am cashier in Chicago O’Hare with a world weary ‘how are you today?’; cruising across a rush …
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Money changer, Jeju Airport, practicing kanji.
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Sitting in the ANA lounge with half an hour to boarding, everything of value is either packed into hand luggage or perched on the seat …
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How do street survey’s evolve when the surveyor has the ability to check the validity of answers to (control) questions in real time? Which unique identifier …
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Discussions around the recent GSM Association announcement of a universal Micro-USB phone charger are missing half of the point. There are obvious stakeholders affected by this …
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This may come as a surprise: professionals whose livelihood depends on being able to travel the globe and decode the nuances of what they experience …
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Short think-piece for an upcoming issue of the Asia Design Journal…
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