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Outside In

06 Jan 2013
In: Chengdu, Cultural Norms
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Such beautiful assumptions wrapped up in the design of this public bathroom in Chengdu, China.
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Proximate

02 Dec 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Marrakech
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Things that are close enough to other things that we can make the social excuse to use one other the other. WC signs at the …
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Demographic Shifts

Two adults and an infant. Why not one adult, one infant? Or two adults – one middle age, one aging? Always interested in the notion of …
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Objects That Suggest Tasks

11 Oct 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Munich
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There’s a beautiful, suggestive symmetry to this space. How the mere presence of objects suggests the other tasks that the user is likely to want/need …
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Creative Signs

05 Sep 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Munich
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Toilet signs in our Munich design studio – a few days in this fine city working out who does what. Thanks-all for making the transition …
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Bathroom, Unintentional

03 Sep 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Dubai
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How do you support user who need two hands free, who will increasingly be carrying laptops/tablets objects – without increasing the risk of them leaving …
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Room With A View

24 Aug 2010
In: Jalalabad, Today's Office
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Direction and Understanding

25 Jul 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Shanghai
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Signs that work back to front, front to back.
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Preparation

16 Apr 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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Expected Use

17 Mar 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Sangenjaya
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Bathroom ign in my local Sangenjaya bar – in the early hours customers have been known to retreat to the only place with some privacy. …
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