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Ambient Service Expectations

27 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Nagoya
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Annotated Ramp

27 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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Unwelcome Mats

27 Feb 2010
In: Tokyo
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“Be Quiet.” Really.
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Welcome Mat Variations

27 Feb 2010
In: Cultural Norms
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The red-background-gold-text welcome mat is a regular feature of many shops and restaurants in China – and in many respects has become cultural norm. What …
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Groped

27 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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Motivations for Notating Currency

27 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Shinjuku
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Punters of this Tokyo camera store are handed a notated coin for this scratch-off lottery card. For any given context – whether ownership needs to …
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Guides for Where To Queue

27 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Yooga
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For a bank, Yooga.
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A Day in the Life, Simulated in a Day

26 Feb 2010
In: Chongqing, Research Methods
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One of the slides from the recent Behind the Scenes event showed one of Chongqing participants (above) seemingly in a moment of domestic bliss – …
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Man Down

26 Feb 2010
In: Hokkaido, Research Methods
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One of the metrics for a successful field study is unsurprisingly, ensuring everyone returns home safely. For our recent Accra field study this was, alas, …
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Downhill Velocity

25 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Hokkaido
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