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Food Adulteration

31 May 2011
In: Design Inspiration, Shanghai
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A repost to a 1,000 x 1,000 exploding watermelons.
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Snippets

17 Apr 2011
In: Cultural Norms, Musa'id
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Home Delivery Norms

17 Sep 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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Corporate home delivery in the land of home delivery.
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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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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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Urban Textures

01 Nov 2009
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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After a day walking the city in the most excellent of company.
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Japanese Restaurant Condiment Norms

20 Jun 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Yakushima
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Define Socially Acceptable

03 Jan 2008
In: Dushanbe, Today's Office
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A sign-of-the-times moment from the Caravan Cafe – an upscale organic restaurant in the Tashkent suburbs: a lady walks in alone and sits at the …
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Cup Storage

17 Dec 2007
In: Design Inspiration, Urumqi
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The physical properties of the cup and container to support drying, stacking and storing, from a restaurant in Urumqi.
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An Appetite Whet

09 Dec 2007
In: Bukhara, Today's Office
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The restaurant owner is welcoming and her eyes to the only remaining empty table in a room that has few. In front of me three generations …
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