Designers are often striving for purity of form – objects stripped down to their essence. But what happens when the purest form is for a …
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A whole lot of cultural assumptions wrapped up in these convenience store signs. What do you mean your 7/11 doesn’t sell ammunition? Not even under …
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The contexts in which we present cards, and the likelihood of those cards beings considered defect and by whom? How defect or otherwise suspect cards …
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Male only queue for a Tehran bus – the female only queue was for the back half of the bus, and yes with equal number …
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When you run a shared taxi service and customers step into and out of your ride at different points of the journey – how to …
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Interesting to see how neighbourhoods deal with and build around necessary infrastructure. For a short video oil rigs/nodding donkeys tucked in and around Beverly Hills …
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Religious slogan adorns the wall of an Iranian sports hall – a common enough sight in a city adorned with revolutionary murals. Thoughts for today: …
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My first was a beat up, lime green 1968 Chrysler Newport bought for $390 from a used car dealer in Sante Fe – my …
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Despite LA’s all-year-round fair weather my morning bike commute is perky enough to snap fingers. It’s not the ride down to the ocean that does …
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