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Pre-Caching Behaviours

12 Apr 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Tibet
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Train across the Tibetan Plateau – being out in remoter climes makes for a good place to test mapping software. Unsurprisingly this is not a …
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Planes, Trains, Automobiles & Mammals

12 Apr 2010
In: Research Methods, Tibet
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Sometimes project goals suggest particularly extensive travel – either driven by the need to have on the ground experience of a broad spectrum of geographies, …
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Making Decisions Closer to the Edge

11 Apr 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Niseko
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Insurance vending machines for travelers at Haneda Airport (below) making it possible to sign up for snow-sports insurance at that moment where your meet the …
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Monsoon Portrait

10 Apr 2010
In: Dharavi, Research Methods
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Directly behind me are a family of 4, plus 2 team members conducting the interview, plus ~6 kids from the neighbourhood crammed into a 6 …
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Retrospective Facial Recognition

For any given culture what are the drivers and mechanisms for obscuring / censoring portions of content? How will the recording and pixellation of pornography …
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Wasted Lhasa Youth

09 Apr 2010
In: Design Inspiration
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Target practice, in a fairground on the Lhasa outskirts.
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Ownership = Target

09 Apr 2010
In: Beijing, Design Inspiration
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Spotted on a few occasions in and around Beijing – cars with wheels protected from the bursting bladders of passing dogs. A scattergun of thoughts to …
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Boundary Markers II

The idea that its important to know whether your in the Thong Lo Police Area or the Lumphini Police Area. What does this sign imply …
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Boundary Markers I

08 Apr 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Salton Sea
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The idea that a sign can be for “official use only”. What ideas does the word ‘official’ conjure up for you? Protection? Transparency? Knowing who …
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Manufactured Palms

08 Apr 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Salton Sea
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Yet another mobile phone cell tower this time disguised as a palm tree – from a dawn sojourn through the southern California desert.
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