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Chengdu: mobile phone repair
How long have you been using your current cell phone? And what happened to your previous one? If you live in a country like India, …



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01 Apr 2008

In: San Francisco
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Second Life

16 Mar 2008

In: Sangenjaya
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Worn out baseballs used as additional grip under this bench.
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Three Out of Four

27 Jan 2008

In: Dushanbe
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The point where it is simply better to start over.
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Brand Ownership

04 Jan 2008

In: Naeba
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The practice of removing obvious traces of a brand from product to distance oneself from values it represents. Covered up Burton board, above.
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Value Added Services

14 Oct 2006

In: Cairo
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Ring tone, wallpaper, application and anti-virus services of Cairo’s thriving mobile phone market in Abdul Aziz Street. Most of the people in this photo are …
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Adaptive

06 Oct 2006

In: Cairo
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Volumes Enabling Volumes II

06 Jul 2006

In: Kampala
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The physical size and volume of devices waiting to be repaired. Photo above Kampala, Soweto here.
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Volumes Enabling Volumes

06 Jul 2006

In: Soweto
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The physical size and volume of devices waiting to be repaired and cannabalized compared to the equivilent number of mobile phones (photo above Soweto, Kampala …
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Cultures of Repair

03 Jul 2005

In: Delhi
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On the last night of my most recent trip to India spent an evening trying to understand India’s informal mobile phone repair culture by visiting …
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