Posts Tagged ‘money’

11 Principles: Designing Financial Services for the Poor

07 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Kabul
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The Institute for Money, Tecnhology and Financial Inclusion has generated a list of 11 Design Principles for Financial Services for the Poor, drawn from a …
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Digital/Physical Monies

11 Jan 2010
In: Lhasa
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Monk counting donations at the end of the day – the notes are tucked into, and placed on religious artifacts by worshippers. We can design …
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Practice Mat

27 Feb 2009
In: Cheju, Design Inspiration
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Money changer, Jeju Airport, practicing kanji.
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Ambient Reality Checks

07 Jul 2008
In: Research Methods, Tokyo
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If you’ve ever tried managing a cross-cultural project where the team hails from Europe, China and India you’ve probably come across decimal place separator issues. …
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Founding Fathers

30 Nov 2007
In: Accra, Cultural Norms
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Using people and events from local history to give a currency authority and relevance – here on an 10,000 Ghanian Cedis (0.7 Euros) note. The …
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Legacy Transactions in Cashless Society

17 Jun 2007
In: Sangenjaya, Today's Office
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The contract sits in front of me, its dense kanji taunting me from the printed page. I stare blankly back and try hard to focus …
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Change Up

31 Mar 2006
In: Delhi, Research Methods
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Run a decent sized (two week, 25+ person team) field study in emerging markets it’s highly likely that you end up handling a lot of …
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Comparison Shopping

07 Dec 2005
In: Today's Office, Ulan Bataar
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A walk from the Container Market to Tomorchiin Gudamj takes you through an aisle of parked cars. In each one thick wads of different currencies …
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