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Ad Literacy

05 Mar 2010
In: Future Perfect, Tokyo
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Facebook’s ad platform is the Flip of advertising: smart, simple and just enough to be effective. If you haven’t already tried Facebook’s advertising platform you should …
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Location-Shifting / Field Hacks

05 Mar 2010
In: Ahmedabad, Street Hacks
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How many remote controls are in your home? In my sparse Tokyo rabbit hutch I count 6: one for the air-conditioner; the fan; home music …
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Positioning & Time Keeping

05 Mar 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Urumqi
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There is but one time in China – 8am is, well, 8am from Beijing to Urumqi and beyond. despite spanning the geographic equivalent of several …
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Two Wheels Good

05 Mar 2010
In: Research Methods, Shanghai
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Documenting a city or country from a car is a bit like doing human behavioural research without ever leaving a laboratory – there is worthy …
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Plank Order, Lock Positions

05 Mar 2010
In: Darjeeling, Design Inspiration
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Efficiency in Informal Markets

04 Mar 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya
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Lady on the right of the photo sits at a make-shift in desk front of Shibuya Station issues receipts to her scouts in return for …
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To Miss You Is To Love You

04 Mar 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya
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Aibo is gone, but not forgotten But also not missed What does that say?
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At The Tips Of Your Fingers

04 Mar 2010
In: Future Perfect, Ho Chi Minh City
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Today her finger nail is a means of expression, decoration, drawing attention. Finger nail decoration machines already exist to allow a customer to choose a design, …
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Shared Solitary Serial Experiences

04 Mar 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya
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Two Tokyoites – on the right of the photo engaged in the same task watching the same television program on their mobile phone each using …
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Local Local

02 Mar 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Korea Town
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Every city has pockets that remain resolutely somewhere else. The manwhabang tucked in the back of the Wilshire Gramercy Plaza Shopping Center is such a …
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