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Factory Lamp Shade

15 Apr 2010
In: Chongqing, Design Inspiration
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Beautifully textured, oiled.
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Last Meter Access

15 Apr 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Salton Sea
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A ladder is chained to the top of each an every date tree in this palm farm.
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Significant Strangers, Rear View Mirrors

15 Apr 2010
In: Chongqing, Future Perfect
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Been thinking a lot about my relationship with strangers recently – triggered by a number of unrelated threads: the death of a pedestrian on Sunset …
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Urban Textures

14 Apr 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Silver Lake
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Sexon

14 Apr 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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Visitors to Tokyo looking something a little more, shall we say fixed should point their headset in in the direction of Sexon Super Peace a …
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Wayfinding Redundancy II

14 Apr 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Tehran
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The reader’s relative position in the city highlighted on the sign – in the photo the small red triangle is overlaid on a Tehran City …
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D.I.Y. Street Signs

13 Apr 2010
In: Silver Lake, Street Hacks
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If you’ve driven around Los Angeles these past couple of weeks you’ll have come a across these DIY street signs with “Caution – Cycles – …
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The Sound of Closure

13 Apr 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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Having successfully played dodgeball with H1N1 these past few months and with a long bout of infection-friendly travel coming up managed to finally get a …
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Optimal Field Study Team Size

13 Apr 2010
In: Jacarezihno, Research Methods
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You’re planning a project and are wondering how many people to commit to the field study. Whilst there are a lot of variables that will …
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Core versus Extended Team

13 Apr 2010
In: Research Methods, Rio de Janeiro
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One useful distinction when it comes to planning field work is to think in terms of core and extended team members. Core team members are usually …
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