With colleagues from our Austin studio having recently completed another recent field study in the automotive space and a guvnor who has perhaps the most …
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Advertising for the movie Zeraf that heavy handedly explores Ethiopian and Chinese culture clash. Short review here. From one taxi driver – “attitudes will change …
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A growing number of Lifan vehicles on the road – according to today’s driver the components are shipped to Ethiopia and then assembled here. From …
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Ethiopian Taxi license plate includes: vehicle-type designation, #1 being taxi; city designation – AA being Addis Ababa, and the same in Amharic; and a six …
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In China a fapiao– the official receipt used for expense claims has a resale face value of 2 – 10% of face value – leaving …
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After a few days in NYC back in China. One of the reoccurring conversations in the US that I coming back to is near-time facial …
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The blurring of live/not live experiences and our ability to seamlessly switch between the two: watching Pop!Tech live through Wi-Fi whilst bathing – with the …
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In and around Johannesburg with the frog crew for a few days, before heading into the field – clients to meet, research plan to flesh …
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The social cost and benefits of placing any new infrastructure in an urban space. And the infrastructural cues that make it more or less approachable …
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If you want to understand China you need to travel to the suburbs, the communities where tower blocks and half empty shopping malls nudge up …
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