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Mobile Money Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a country with extremely low levels of access to banking infrastructure; limited trust in formal institution; and high levels of illiteracy. On the …
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Ad Literacy

05 Mar 2010
In: Future Perfect, Tokyo
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Facebook’s ad platform is the Flip of advertising: smart, simple and just enough to be effective. If you haven’t already tried Facebook’s advertising platform you should …
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Format / Textual Literacy

28 Sep 2007
In: Cultural Norms, San Francisco
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A gentle reminder of human limitations during the drive up to SFO this morning – radio advertising urging listeners to “call 1-800-MEOW, thats 1-800-M-E-O-W”, where …
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Everyday Forensics

21 Oct 2006
In: Design Inspiration, Tehran
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The tools that enable us capture, review, edit and share, and the many different ways this moves towards real time, predictive. The implied authenticity of …
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Context, Risk & Consequences

25 Nov 2005
In: Bangalore
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This photo taken last year from a street market in Bangalore. For me it highlights the importance of context in understanding. Lets imagine you are wandering …
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