2012 archives

Closure

17 Jun 2012
In: Singapore, Today's Office
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Close enough to feel like you’re still in Asia, far away enough to take a red-eye. Wrapping a project for an ambitious Singaporean client.
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Remote Sensing

14 Jun 2012
In: Research Methods, Shanghai
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Prepping for a field study in Rwanda and a few other places this week. Knowing how to interpret a satellite photos and data from other mapping …
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The Wedding Photos

09 Jun 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Xuhui
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China’s booming wedding photo industry alive and well in my neighbourhood. Researching in third and fourth tier cities its fairly common in home visits to find …
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Park Life

09 Jun 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Xuhui
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Creativity in a Tin

09 Jun 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Singapore
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Workshop, Singapore.
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Road Crew

09 Jun 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Xuhui
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Profiting from Loss, Theft & Other Sustainable Business Models

I had the good fortune to lose my iPhone 4 this week, left in a taxi whilst juggling small child, the usual thing. In China …
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Unexpected Profit Centers

07 Jun 2012
In: Future Perfect, Singapore
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Unexpected Profit Centers Somewhere in Cupertino a bean counter has a little shrine to Visa and MasterCard. Whilst the iPhone has helped redefine the ‘mobile phone’ in …
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Urban Landscape

01 Jun 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Jing'an
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Speed of transition.
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Celebrity Endorsements

01 Jun 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Shanghai
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The need for tangibility.
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