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Lounge Norms

The bludgeoning that is a solid travel schedule is somewhat dulled by access to airport lounges, each with their own take on what passengers want …
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Prep Work

16 Jun 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Shanghai
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MultiWorld

15 Jun 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Seoul
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The ease and speed with which we effectively move to having multiple device access, and increasingly multiple screens. Implications for new forms of task-flow, interaction; …
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Shoe/Boot Repair

15 Jun 2010
In: Almaty, Cultural Norms
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An accurate depiction of the service on offer – the default footwear for females in Almaty is a 2 or 3 inch heeled boot.
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Sign Semantics

15 Jun 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Salton Sea
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Another sign with a whole bunch of cultural assumptions – from a day in the Southern California desert.
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Acceptable Tracking

15 Jun 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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Anyone planning to work in China is required to take undergo health check-up that ranges from eye-tests to HIV and involves a taxi ride into …
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Light Detail

13 Jun 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Westwood
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If you’ve stared into one of these lights there’s a reasonable chance you’re were about to go into surgery. I’ve had quite a few …
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Packaging + Value Projection

13 Jun 2010
In: Ashgabat, Cultural Norms
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There’s something very honest about the packaging for these tin: does what it says on the tin; uncomplicated; minimal graphic design (but no homogenous like, …
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Oral Ablutions & Inheritance

13 Jun 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Rio de Janeiro
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One of the challenges of dispenser design is minimising bacterial transference. This dental floss vending machine in this Rio de Janeiro restaurant – designed in such …
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Personal, Natural Space

12 Jun 2010
In: Almaty, Cultural Norms
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I suspect that arboriculturalists have heart palpitations when they arrive in Almaty – one of the features of leafy city is the proximity between the …
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