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Shanghai: Bold Colours
How to stand out from the crowd. Whether or not they all belong to the same person, is unknown. Car culture is still relatively immature …



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Lounger, Pegs

14 Nov 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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In apartment dense Shanghai a lounger on the street, capped with a peg is not for lounging, but for airing mattresses.
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Power Plays

It’s always interesting to watch power plays in action – people who want to communicate their assumed authority over an individual or group. You can …
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It’s Not Your Face, It’s Ours

After a few days in NYC back in China. One of the reoccurring conversations in the US that I coming back to is near-time facial …
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Executing on the Vision

13 Oct 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Kangding
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In China, the reality matches the vision faster.
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Motorbike Truck

13 Oct 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Kangding
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Twins in the Land of the One Child Policy

13 Oct 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Kangding
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Business Lounge, Oxygen Bar

12 Oct 2011

In: Kangding, Today's Office
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The business class lounge of Kangding Airport includes, naturally an oxygen bar. At 4,280 meters above sea leve (14,000 ft) it is the second highest …
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Airborne

12 Oct 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Minya Konka
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Connected.

12 Oct 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Minya Konka
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At around 4,500 meters, a tad cold.
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