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Future Pin-Ups

17 Nov 2010
In: Daikanyama, Future Perfect
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The male changing rooms of this Daikanyama sento – includes a pin-up of a late 90’s gravia (underwear model). How future users/actors/constituents/participants/.. of the space …
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Mapping the Journey

17 Nov 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Shinagawa
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The journey from Shinagawa to Kansai Airport includes Shinkansen and local trains- with the serving staff laying out the tickets to explain each leg of …
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Frames

The lack of lens extenuating its decorative role.
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Eye Colour Norms (Speed of Change)

The next time you are up close with a young, female Shanghainese spend just a little bit longer staring into her eyes – despite the …
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Table Icons

08 Jul 2010
In: Brighton, Design Inspiration
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Currently fixated by uniform shapes (ketchup), and the clash of uniform shapes (table, chairs versus ketchup dispensers).
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Augmented Pasts

02 Jul 2010
In: Brighton, Design Inspiration
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A reminder that we have a rich history of augmentation – this H Hughes & Sons sexton from the 1930’s – still in use by …
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Love Your Caretaker

25 Jun 2010
In: Future Perfect, Shanghai
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Fire extinguishing equipment (photo below) at this upscale xiao long bao/soup dumpling restaurant includes the faces of two members of staff – presumably trained in …
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Yield / No Yield

07 Jun 2010
In: Ashgabat, Future Perfect
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One of the subconscious challenges of a heavy travel schedule is in constantly recalibratung to the ebb and flow of different traffic norms. In the …
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Affordances

09 May 2010
In: Design Inspiration, People's Square
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It’s difficult to pass a skateboard and not physically interact in some way – the surface, form invites the flick/nudge/fall of a foot. Visitors are …
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Symbols of Power

03 May 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Lhasa
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It might look like a cheap plastic table to you but its more than that. This is where the Lhasa police sit – a traffic …
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