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Box Annotation

29 Aug 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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Female Candidates

29 Aug 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Billboard for one of the ~406 female candidates in the upcoming Afghan election: 68, or roughly ~20% of the seats are reserved for women: posters …
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Separators

29 Aug 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Cheese separated by leaves.
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Reflections

28 Aug 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Kabul
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Street Dynamics

One method we’ve experimented with here in Afghanistan is a varient of the ad-hoc, group street interview – an example above showing Panthea (interviewer) and …
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Poppy Stencil

28 Aug 2010
In: GRF, Kabul
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Location Unawareness

26 Aug 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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How do you design a service that relies on absolute location awareness, when in this context everyone thinks in terms of relative location: “up the …
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Boxes that go Boom

26 Aug 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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CDs and DVDs are the medium of choice for the discerning Afghani, although on the mobile phone digital side-loading reigns supreme.
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Burqa Blues

25 Aug 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Kabul
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Small Objects of Desire

25 Aug 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Mazar e Sharif
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Interviews with a generator repair shop – in Afghanistan if you want reliable electricity you supply your own. Not sure where this oil can is …
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