Cultural Norms

Sincerity at the Point of Contact

Tokyo: ATM interface
Japanese ATM interface – with two bowing staff members after an ATM card has been declined.



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15 Aug 2010

In: Shibuya
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Chicken & Egg

08 Aug 2010

In: Kazakhstan
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Free sheet delivery in Almaty, Kazakhstan: does the slot dictate the paper size; or is the slot size a reaction to the types of content …
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China Classics: The Mousetrap

29 Jul 2010



A flat packed box with sticky interior walls.
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Mobile, Money, Chai, Delivery

27 Jul 2010

In: Ahmedabad
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Spent an hour this morning in the basement of my hard drive looking through the archives for photos related to mobile money service use for …
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Hose Loop

22 Jul 2010

Detail of a side-street car wash – with the hose looped through hole of the now-defunct lock.
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Neon Blue

21 Jul 2010



If an extraterrestrial took a photo from space of every surface on the planet earth, and started tweaking the colour setting on the image in …
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Security Prep

21 Jul 2010



Interested in how the design of the security checkpoint at Hongqiao airport supports communication and support between members of different teams. It’s all very service …
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Rank, Order

21 Jul 2010



Shanghai taxi drives ID includes a registration number 111,892 where the lower the number the more earlier the driver was registered. One colleagues opined that …
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Home Delivery of Bits

15 Jul 2010



Is it possible to have digital bits delivered to your door? In Shanghai the answer is resolutely yes. Customers of Chinese flights-hotels-&-hols website Ctrip have more …
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Frames

12 Jul 2010



The lack of lens extenuating its decorative role.
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