Posts Tagged ‘vehicle’

Annotated Ramp

27 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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Speed Dating

19 Feb 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Tehran
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Iran is a society where an unmarried man and woman alone in a car together can trigger a ticking off, fine or worse if stopped …
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Car Customisation

13 Feb 2010
In: Design Inspiration, Espoo
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Espoo Taxi driver adds rear door handle to make it easier to pull the door to. The Japanese have solved this issue through the use …
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Transgression Transparency

11 Feb 2010
In: Future Perfect, Geneva
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Transgressions that become more obvious as the context changes – the parking equivilent of saying the punchline to a rude joke just as the room goes quiet.
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Car Modifications

29 Dec 2009
In: Big Bear, Design Inspiration
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From the car park here.
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The Evolution of the Car Interface

17 Nov 2009
In: Future Perfect, San Antonio
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If you’re an early riser, drive a car to work and are an heavy iPod user then you’ve probably been confronted with a drained car …
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Ritualised Luck

06 Nov 2009
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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At the beginning of every journey the driver touches the prayer, blesses the ride.
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Status Symbol

15 Nov 2008
In: Future Perfect, Tokyo
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In many cultures novice drivers are required to carry a ‘learner sign’ – here in Japan this extends to elderly drivers who are require to …
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Urban Kicks

15 Sep 2008
In: Future Perfect, Tokyo
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The ideal vehicle is traveling slow enough to catch up to with a sprint-burst, fast enough to be worth the pocket-of-calm momentum when you get …
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Car Blessing

02 Aug 2008
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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5 to 10 Afghanis will buy you and the occupants of your vehicle an impromptu smoke box blessing. Officially should be using incense – but …
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