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Going Local

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Readers on the other side of the globe (to Japan) can now head over to our local Satellite Design Studio in Rio de Janeiro located …



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28 Feb 2008

In: Rio de Janeiro, Today's Office
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Bag Size Norms

07 Aug 2007

In: Rio de Janeiro
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Walk into a Brazilian urban supermarket and your are highly likely to walk out with purchases carried in small, thin plastic bags. Buying a lot …
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Team / Ta

07 Aug 2007

In: Rio de Janeiro, Today's Office
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After two back-to-back longhaul flights the team touches down in Tokyo. 24 hours of flight time to sleep, reflect on missed and taken opportunities; and …
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Display Norms

01 Aug 2007

In: Rio de Janeiro
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And at last we find a decent local veg market. Healthy food = happy team.
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Define Headline

01 Aug 2007

In: Jardins
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Copacabana residents stop and read the newspaper front page in this Rio de Janeiro street kiosk. How does the purpose and format of newspaper headlines …
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Ahead of the Curve

29 Jul 2007

In: Future Perfect, Rio de Janeiro
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The functionality that can be squeezed into an an ear-mounted device. Today. In 10 years time. The pros and cons of attached to vs. embedded in …
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When you Delegate Positive Experiences

10 Mar 2007

In: Future Perfect, Sao Paulo
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During yesterday’s TED talk I proposed that from a design perspective a potential solution to pretty much every design problem is delegation – getting other …
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Tangible vs Digital

04 Aug 2006

In: Design Inspiration, Santa Cecilia
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Locks and MP3s for sale side by side in a Sao Paulo market street. For customers buying digital content from street vendors how to recognize …
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Relevant, Less Relevant, More Relevant

28 Jul 2006

In: GRF, Sao Paulo
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Not sure if this São Paulo graffiti refers to this or this?
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Under the Flyover

27 Jul 2006

In: Design Inspiration, Sao Paulo
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The Garrido Boxing Gym taken during a São Paulo how the-city-wakes-up session, which eventually morphed into trying to figure out how-people-utilise-the-space-under-flyovers.
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