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Emotional Advertising

17 May 2010
In: Ahmedabad, Cultural Norms
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On the last night of a field study in Ahmedabad time spent taking in the city – ventured into this traditional movie theatre to catch …
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Today’s Office

17 May 2010
In: Today's Office
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A long trip lined up: SF/Austin/Berlin this week, then ash-clouds permitting over to the ‘stans for some time off-grid, before hopefully re-emerging somewhere in the …
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Human Flows Redirected

17 May 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Shinagawa
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Clustering / Autonomous Press Packs

14 May 2010
In: Future Perfect, Zhabei
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If a camera could sit anywhere where would it want to sit? In a future perfect world where there is more autonomous mobility – expect …
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Urban Dances

14 May 2010
In: Cultural Norms, People's Square
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Every country has it’s own nuanced taxi services and China is no different: from the expectation that passengers will use of the front-side seat; a …
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Everyday Bribery

After a week of shuttling to meetings in and around Seattle not one taxi receipt signed by a driver. It is in part, an implicit …
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The Ideal State of An Object

11 May 2010
In: Kabul, Street Hacks
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The stuff you do to retain the ideal state of an object – that sweet spot of use. And the motivations for keeping an object in …
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Affordances

09 May 2010
In: Design Inspiration, People's Square
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It’s difficult to pass a skateboard and not physically interact in some way – the surface, form invites the flick/nudge/fall of a foot. Visitors are …
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Noticing the Notice Board

07 May 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Xuhui
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The level of effort that goes into apartment block noticeboards.
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Silent Castles

07 May 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Jing'an
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In an effort to reduce the pollution for the Expo in this otherwise smoggy city many of the larger building sites have fallen quiet – …
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