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Grain Merchant & Sons

15 Sep 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Herat
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In Herat, while the team was finishing interviews at the local Roshan office, wandered down the street doing ad-hocs with a few traders. This gent …
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Squared

02 May 2013
In: Design Inspiration, New York
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In the US the Square-tablet cash register has so rapidly become part of the retail landscape, particularly amongst newer businesses that haven’t yet made the …
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Retail Norms

23 Dec 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Herat
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Natural Fit

01 Oct 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya
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How a relatively garish brand fits into a more upscale retail environment. Somewhat surprised that they didn’t decide upon a Natural Lawson, instead of the …
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Status Update

26 Sep 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Istanbul
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The services that are provided. The availability of those services. The dynamism of the status update.
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Ganyan

26 Sep 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Istanbul
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A familiar form, but a fairly pure example.
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SECOM

14 Aug 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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SECOM sticker, a Tokyo classic.
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What is Emphasized

13 Aug 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Daikanyama
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Air Con Norms

13 May 2012
In: China Town, Cultural Norms
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Back alley for smaller retail outlets in Singapore’s Chinatown. What the diversity of air conditioning units in use can teach us about the products sold, …
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T-Site

19 Apr 2012
In: Daikanyama, Design Inspiration
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A true homage to physical content and a fine attention to detail in the T-site (architects Klein Dytham Architecture, signage/branding by Kenya Hara). For those …
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