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Below the Line

Brighton: below the line
Today: metal detector. Tomorrow: RFID detector.



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11 Sep 2011

In: Brighton
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System Flexibility, On and Off the Meter

15 Aug 2011

In: Johannesburg
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In and around Johannesburg with the frog crew for a few days, before heading into the field – clients to meet, research plan to flesh …
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Battle Lines

07 Aug 2011

In: Berlin
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You can divide the world into people who leave their lenses covered, and those that don’t. And for every camera lens multiply by a thousand …
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The Camera Fiend

18 Jul 2011

In: Shanghai
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Some wonderful (paraphrased) quotes from the essay ‘The Camera Fiend‘ by Bill Jay on the early adoption of the camera, and in particular the rise …
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Mind Grab

11 May 2011

In: Shanghai
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Our executive creative team came out to Shanghai last week – with plenty of interesting conversations in the many formal and informal sessions, a surprising …
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40 Qs About The (Coming) Revolution

17 Apr 2011



See also: Is Internet Access a Human Right? These questions were originally meant to be weaved into a post here on Future Perfect – ended up …
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Proportional Response

11 Apr 2011

In: Shanghai
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Car with parking ticket in Shanghai. The parameters (size, duration, …) that can increase, reduce or negate a fine? And the tools to collect evidence …
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A Post Numerate World

09 Jan 2011



You’re at the check-out of the convenience store and hand over a couple of notes. As the cashier rings up your purchase you find a …
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Steal Me

08 Jan 2011



Local government office pen anti-theft mechanism. What if we reverse this logic? What would it take to encourage the pens to be ‘stolen’? What business model …
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Touch Screen Vending

05 Jan 2011



This acure Shibuya station vending machine by the JR East Water Business Co. is interesting on a number of levels: it’s using a touch screen …
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