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Posts Tagged ‘protection’

Bicycle Protection

15 Sep 2013
In: Kabul, Street Hacks
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Trouser Protectors

28 Jun 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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Nice riff off the arm protectors that are common in rural China: trouser protectors worn just over the ankle.
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Nurture

12 May 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Jing'an
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He’s So Dry.

11 Nov 2012
In: Beijing, Future Perfect
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A foreigner drawing attention to spitting in China is probably the one issue that creates more negative feedback from educated, cosmopolitan Chinese than any other, …
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Home. Protection.

26 Sep 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Istanbul
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Quite a common practice in areas where there is a high volume of aid, and aid containers.
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Prickly Protection

14 Mar 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Jaipur
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The Shoes Maketh

08 Feb 2012
In: Addis Ababa, Street Hacks
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If you want to understand a person – look at their shoes, or lack of. As the most frequently used interface between ourselves and our …
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00

18 Jan 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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Brands in context – Chinese ATM, with a 00.
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Arm Protectors

26 Mar 2010
In: Chengdu, Cultural Norms
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Suit Display Norms

02 Jan 2010
In: China, Kashi, Locations
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Suit trousers protected from the dust swirling around the floor of Kashi market through the use of bags, that also double up as advertising hoardings.
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