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Creative Signs

05 Sep 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Munich
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Toilet signs in our Munich design studio – a few days in this fine city working out who does what. Thanks-all for making the transition …
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Corridors & Mazes

05 Sep 2010
In: Munich, Today's Office
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Sometimes the seat-assign means you’re first off the plane, which means reading and interpreting the signs for those that follow. It sometimes feels like rats …
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Mzr Stncl GRF

04 Sep 2010
In: GRF, Mazar e Sharif
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Tank Track Speed Bump

04 Sep 2010
In: Dehdaadi, Street Hacks
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In Dehdaadi, northern Afghanistan.
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The Consequences of Guilty

04 Sep 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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I’ve had the very good fortune in the past month to witness three very different accidents: two colliding motorbikes in China; two cars in Afghanistan; …
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Bathroom, Unintentional

03 Sep 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Dubai
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How do you support user who need two hands free, who will increasingly be carrying laptops/tablets objects – without increasing the risk of them leaving …
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Sensual Legs

02 Sep 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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Product localisation in a country where under the Taliban female faces were scratched from shampoo bottles.
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Pixel Art/Arabic Script

02 Sep 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Accidental Works of Art

02 Sep 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Mazar e Sharif
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Out on the trail bike, stop in on a building materials supply yard where branches are clustered by thickness and stacked up around simple rectangular …
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Local Heroes

02 Sep 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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It’s striking how Tupac/Che/Marley-like the photos of Masood are.
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