Future Perfect

Interactions With a Skin-Like Interface

Delhi: water tap
I came across this tap attached to a water barrel during our getting-to-know-how-a-city-wakes-up walk around Old Delhi. I’ve been trying to figure out whether the …



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15 Jan 2010

In: Delhi
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New Interactions for the American Urban Vocabulary

30 Dec 2009

In: Westside
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The little neighbourhood of Los Angeles that I currently call home includes a 7/11 store that ebbs and flows to the rhythm of the local …
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Trade

21 Dec 2009

In: Design Inspiration, Xi'an
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Extrapolating the notion of micro-markets – how small, dynamic, location-flexible can the marketplace for labour become? This is the zipcar of labour.
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History’s New Gatekeepers

14 Dec 2009

In: China, Lhasa, Locations, Tibet
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Is the current Facebook privacy discussion as some have argued their Microsoft Moment that point where the internal perception of themselves starts to significantly, …
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Contextually Appropriate Content Delivery

13 Dec 2009

In: China, Locations, Xi'an
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DVDs sold close to a Kabul mosque – religious fables in a modern medium. As our ability to track consumption becomes more refined – moving …
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From Capture to Facilitation

08 Dec 2009

In: Shanghai
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How does the role of the photographer change in a world where billions of sensors combine to capture ~octillions of experiences?
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Centralised Boxes for Mail

28 Nov 2009

In: Accra, Ghana, Locations
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Central post office in downtown Accra – always interesting to understand fixed points of reference in an otherwise fluid world, and the factors that go …
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The Evolution of the Car Interface

17 Nov 2009

In: 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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Flashier Mobs

28 Sep 2009

In: Venice
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A calm and orderly flash mob descended on an otherwise chaotic Abbot Kinney today to protest against the continued incarceration of Aung San Suu Kyi, …
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The Mainstreamification of DNA

17 Jul 2009

In: Los Angeles
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$99 buys you, and a whole bunch of other inquisitive people better awareness of their genes with this DNA testing kit from the 23andme. Send …
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