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A Body of Language

23 May 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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A Japanese phone user (in the shadows, center) conducts a call facing the wall – the body language of making a phone call. The pockets …
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Stops Over

23 May 2010
In: Baku, Today's Office
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Hardly anyone, it seems wants to visit my final destination today – on our short stopover in Baku, Azerbaijan – I’m the only passenger left …
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Sign Align

22 May 2010
In: Berlin, Cultural Norms
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The method of attaching street signs to poles doesn’t easily support two signs to be horizontally aligned. Wonderful example of a design decision becoming part …
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Kein Sex Mit Nazis

22 May 2010
In: Berlin, GRF
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Modern Memorials

22 May 2010
In: Berlin, Cultural Norms
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Early morning jaunt through in Berlin
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Talk Prep

21 May 2010
In: Berlin, Today's Office
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Red eye from Austin to NYC to Berlin, just enough time to taxi to the hotel, shower and head to the conference venue. Straight off …
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Infra Density

21 May 2010
In: Austin, Cultural Norms
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Just some of ~dozen ATMs in Austin’s 6th Street bar area – certainly the densest sustained row of cash machines I’ve come across anywhere in …
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From Pacific to Pacifica

20 May 2010
In: Today's Office
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My around-the-world trip starts here with a brief stop over in SFO an opportunity to catch up with Kevin Kelly in the Kelly studio – …
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Faith & Light

18 May 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Tehran
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The Psychology of Orgins

18 May 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Handan
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The articulated freshness of food, where you can see what you;re about to eat prior to it being killed, is a feature of Asian cuisine …
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