Afghanistan

Pixel Art/Arabic Script

Kabul: pixel art
02 Sep 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Accidental Works of Art

02 Sep 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Mazar e Sharif
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Out on the trail bike, stop in on a building materials supply yard where branches are clustered by thickness and stacked up around simple rectangular …
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Local Heroes

02 Sep 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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It’s striking how Tupac/Che/Marley-like the photos of Masood are.
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Market Tactics

31 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Wheelbarrows are the Afghan market trader’s display-transport of choice – with the wares on sale -from fruit to underwear. This seller sacrifices one fish to …
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Now Showing

31 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Didn’t pop inside, but if its anything like my experiences from other working districts
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The Consequences of Ad-hocs

31 Aug 2010

In: Mazar e Sharif, Research Methods
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Darting around Mazar e Sharif on the back of a trial-bike doing ad-hoc interviews with manual labourers. There are consequences to asking questions and taking …
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Thrills

31 Aug 2010



Male libido enhancers for sale on the Kabul streets. Given the high volume of fakes, how do consumers judge what is real? Related presentation …
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Pills

31 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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How to market medication at a illiterate/semi-literate consumer base?
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Spacing

31 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Any kite that comes too low is fair game – the first person to catch it, owns it – hence the cricket/baseball style person-spacing on …
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Today’s Office: Layered Security

30 Aug 2010

In: Kabul, Today's Office
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The great thing about layered airport security is that you get to meet the same people over and over and over. Today I get to …
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