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Markets for Waiting

28 Sep 2011
In: Future Perfect, New York
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What kind of biases do you have when you choose a parking space? What affect your decision to park in one place and not another? And …
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Power-up, Trip-up

01 Aug 2011
In: Berlin, Design Inspiration
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The introduction of this Berlin electric charging station creates a new tethered dynamic – and a potential obstacle to pedestrians. For every new technology a …
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Proportional Response

11 Apr 2011
In: Future Perfect, Shanghai
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Car with parking ticket in Shanghai. The parameters (size, duration, …) that can increase, reduce or negate a fine? And the tools to collect evidence …
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Eyes, Ears and By The Throat

Parking wardens – digital gunslingers, patrolling the neighbourhood documenting changes, violations to the accepted norms. These are the real Streetview, adaptable, malleable, willing.
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Inconveniencer and the Inconvenienced

13 Oct 2010
Some of you are old enough to remember address books that aren’t connected – when the loss of a little black book or mobile phone …
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Orix Car Share

28 Sep 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Kyoto
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Orix Car Sharing service in Kyoto. If there’s a country where the tools to discover the spatial location of objects are omnipresent, it is Japan …
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Risk, Security & Working Styles

30 Aug 2010
In: Jalalabad, Today's Office
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Given the situation in Afghanistan how smart is it to conduct street/ad-hoc research on the ground? To answer this it’s worth reflecting on the working …
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From ‘Is this You’ to ‘This Is Me’

17 Aug 2010
In: Future Perfect, Kabul
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The security protocols for working in Afghanistan dictate that the driver doesn’t hold up the name of the person they are picking up, but …
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London SOS

05 Jul 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Trafalgar Square
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Signage in an underground parking structure tucked between Trafalgar Square and the Institute of Contemporary Arts – given the density of government buildings in proximity …
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Minimal. Slots.

09 Jun 2010
In: Ashgabat, Future Perfect
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A beautifully minimal phone kiosk design – doesn’t include a coin-return slot. The explicit design choice of a one-way direction of coins assumes a 100% …
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