Search Results: social

Commercial Home Mapping Services

06 Mar 2012
In the first version of the home mapping service you sign-up online – google.com/homemap, century21.com/homemap – there’s a bunch of players out there – …
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Downtown LA

05 Mar 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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If you were to write about Southwest Border Violence there’s a fair chance you would utilise some of these words: Drug cartel Violence, Gang, Drug …
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The Handbag Paradox

Been tracking the contents of people’s bags, pockets and car boots for a while now, to understand how people equip themselves for what lies out …
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The Reverse Tip

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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The Art of Queuing

05 Jan 2012
In: Research Methods, Tokyo
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It might seem counter-productive to travel half way across the world to observe or take part in an activity that we would otherwise try to …
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Contract Visibility

02 Jan 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Insadong
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The South Korean penchant of convenience stores to place refrigerators on the street. In a world where the company that supplies the fridge, dictates the …
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Connections. Connectors.

A critical part of any ethnographic/design research project is recruiting the right participants for the study – they are the foundation on which the research …
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Cures All Ills

08 Dec 2011
In: Cultural Norms, Medan
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Bouncing around Medan, Indonesia – came across this stall selling cures for all physical and social ills from small breasts to female odours to fighting …
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Power Plays

It’s always interesting to watch power plays in action – people who want to communicate their assumed authority over an individual or group. You can …
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It’s Not Your Face, It’s Ours

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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