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Touchdown Bingo

06 Jul 2010
In: Today's Office, Xuhui
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It’s not often you step out of the shower smelling of sweet cocoa and carmelised orange – but then again its not every day that …
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Dual Pour

05 Jul 2010
In: Cultural Norms
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High volume greasy spoon’s tend to line up a row of mugs and pour from a single spout along the line – there’s some spillage …
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London SOS

05 Jul 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Trafalgar Square
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Signage in an underground parking structure tucked between Trafalgar Square and the Institute of Contemporary Arts – given the density of government buildings in proximity …
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Purity in Form II

05 Jul 2010
In: Covent Garden, Design Inspiration
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See also this example from Los Angeles.
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Today’s Office: Savour. Saviour.

03 Jul 2010
In: Milan, Today's Office
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International day trips have a certain machismo about them – 4am starts trying not to wake sleeping babes whilst tiptoeing out of the hotel room, …
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Alien Invasion

03 Jul 2010
In: Brighton, Cultural Norms
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Brighton council had decided to introduce large, waste-truck friendly bins that to the outsider appear like silent, brooding invaders in virtually every other street in …
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Augmented Pasts

02 Jul 2010
In: Brighton, Design Inspiration
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A reminder that we have a rich history of augmentation – this H Hughes & Sons sexton from the 1930’s – still in use by …
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Money on the Table

26 Jun 2010
In: Today's Office, Xuhui
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Not quite the extreme of buying an apartment in Tokyo but if you want to rent a property in China be prepared to bring plenty …
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Personal Content is King

In a world of personal music devices the taxi driver with the audio-in cable is king. Careening around Almaty listening to the driver’s head banging …
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New Interactions in the Chinese Urban Vocabulary?

Start here. As anyone whose spent a day tailing consumers in Shanghai will tell you: a Chinese shopper and her bags are not easily parted …
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