China

Acceptable Tracking

Shanghai: you need to pay
Anyone planning to work in China is required to take undergo health check-up that ranges from eye-tests to HIV and involves a taxi ride into …



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15 Jun 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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Thoughts on Cloud Printing

Been thinking about this announcement by HP to add email addresses to a range of printers. You might think of this as a small thing, …
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How to Surive the Airport Taxi

If there’s one thing that is likely to raise the stress levels of the think-you’ve-seen-it-all-before business traveler it’s the taxi from the airport to the …
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Common Sense

For certain types of research – the highest compliment that a client can pay is that your findings are ‘common sense’. They usually point this …
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Leakage

03 Jun 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Pudong
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That passport photo that you’re embarrassed to share with friends? That’s now open to public consumption thanks to Chinese immigration. All passports are scanned as …
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The Psychology of Orgins

18 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Handan
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The articulated freshness of food, where you can see what you;re about to eat prior to it being killed, is a feature of Asian cuisine …
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Clustering / Autonomous Press Packs

14 May 2010

In: Future Perfect, Zhabei
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If a camera could sit anywhere where would it want to sit? In a future perfect world where there is more autonomous mobility – expect …
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Urban Dances

14 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms, People's Square
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Every country has it’s own nuanced taxi services and China is no different: from the expectation that passengers will use of the front-side seat; a …
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Affordances

09 May 2010

In: Design Inspiration, People's Square
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It’s difficult to pass a skateboard and not physically interact in some way – the surface, form invites the flick/nudge/fall of a foot. Visitors are …
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Noticing the Notice Board

07 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Xuhui
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The level of effort that goes into apartment block noticeboards.
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