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Stimulants, Packaging of Choice II

11 Dec 2007
In: Bukhara, Cultural Norms
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Nasvai being punted in a Bukhara market, Uzbekistan. In line with nasvia being a lifestyle-commodity, the Bukhara seller has customised the bags to include pictures of …
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Stimulants, Packaging of Choice I

11 Dec 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Dushanbe
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Nasvai, a local stimulant, sold in Dushanbe, Tajikistan is widely available and are bought mostly by younger males looking for a bit of a kick. …
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Things That Go Together

08 Dec 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Khiva
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Cigarettes and seeds are often sold together here in Uzbekistan. Both dry goods, and both where consumption is highly ritualised. The desire for designers/marketing to create …
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Freshness

08 Dec 2007
In: Design Inspiration, Khiva
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The extent to which the freshness of a product can be communicated by revealing what’s below the surface. The extent to which the process of …
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Landscape vs Portrait

23 Nov 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Mishuku
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Stacked landscape in the supermarket but, due to the opening being at the end of the box, it needs to be stored vertically in in …
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Units. Smaller Units

22 Nov 2007
In: Cultural Norms, Mishuku
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A sachet of gin bought from a Accra convenience store. For any product or service how to break down the value into smaller chunks? Can’t …
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Raised Awareness

20 Nov 2007
In: Design Inspiration, Frankfurt
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This dental gel packaging includes braille – visible on the top part of the box. But why does braille appear on this product and not …
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Packaging as Utensil

10 Nov 2007
In: Accra, Cultural Norms
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Razor – utilizing from the packaging of the blade. Sharp. Bloody.
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Thought Lite

04 Oct 2007
In: Design Inspiration, Meguro
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Ten days of workshops to brain dump/extrapolate five years of research. The pop-traditional Japanese packaging? For an occasional sugar rush brain food.
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Contextual Warning

09 Oct 2006
In: Cairo, Design Inspiration
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