One quirk of Chinese apartment hunting is that the ‘property sizes’ are listed including communal spaces such as hallways, atrium, bike storage – as a …
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Apartment hunting in any culture is a day-by-the-seaside for any amateur anthropologist: with glimpses of lives in progress, empty shells pitched as life-style choices; and …
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Notable for its lack of urban art/advertising – the Shanghai metro peeled back and revealed this stencil for this.
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What do you imagine Shanghai to be like? How about China? Asia? How about in terms of communication? Media consumption? Connectivity underground? Dynamic advertising? How …
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Lovely inaugural exhibition at the Rockbund Art Museum on the so-called ‘peasant da vincis’ shares its origins with the jugaad in India, the street hacks …
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A simple idea poorly executed, but reminds me that in an augmented reality rich world everything is a potential canvas – from faces to face …
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This tap situated on the 7th floor of a 1930’s building – the ability to control the flow of water versus tap pressure?
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UNIQLO flagship store opening on Shanghai’s Nanjing road. What is it cultural point of reference? How will this change over time? For example most Japanese kids …
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A week to orientate the city reverting to tried and tested field study techniques: hire a motorbike + driver and accelerate, slalom and otherwise batter …
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