Posts Tagged ‘service’

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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A Gauge Annotated

02 Jan 2010
In: China, Design Inspiration, Kashi, Locations
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Someone has written a date on the gauge’s backplate: for any given physical measuring device, the motivations behind the annotation? As new forms of digital augmentation …
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Call 119

19 Jun 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Yakushima
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Given the extensive use of emergency phone numbers in un/popular culture – the extent that it’s easier to remember the emergency number from another country? A …
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Nail Colour Norms

17 Nov 2007
In: Accra, Design Inspiration
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Beach services include havin’ your nails done. Colour variations – compared to your culture.
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Cairo Phone Kiosks

21 Aug 2007
In: Cairo, Cultural Norms
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And keeping with yesterday’s theme – a phone kiosk service using the Nokia 51xx phone – 0.50 Egypt Pounds (0.07 Euro) per minute. Typically the …
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Secondary Activities

18 Jul 2006
In: Florianopolis, Future Perfect
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The photo above was taken at a football match in the suburbs of Florianopolis – it captures the moment between a ball going in the …
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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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