Shanghai

6 Rules for Night-riding in China

Shanghai: night riding
From Tokyo to Los Angeles to London – there’s nothing like a late night blast through the city to tear up the cobwebs, stretch the …



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25 Jul 2010

Direction and Understanding

25 Jul 2010

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Signs that work back to front, front to back.
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Flow

25 Jul 2010

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A subtle difference between Japanese and Chinese independent cafes: in Japan when extras such as cream or syrup are brought to the table they are …
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Neon Blue

If an extraterrestrial took a photo from space of every surface on the planet earth, and started tweaking the colour setting on the image in …
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Reflection, Refraction

Security Prep

Interested in how the design of the security checkpoint at Hongqiao airport supports communication and support between members of different teams. It’s all very service …
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Rank, Order

Shanghai taxi drives ID includes a registration number 111,892 where the lower the number the more earlier the driver was registered. One colleagues opined that …
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Having the Intelligence to Outsmart the Network

18 Jul 2010



Remember when using a map application on a mobile phone was a lesson in frustration and humility? Underperforming hardware, through-a-straw data connection and a choice …
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Home Delivery of Bits

15 Jul 2010



Is it possible to have digital bits delivered to your door? In Shanghai the answer is resolutely yes. Customers of Chinese flights-hotels-&-hols website Ctrip have more …
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Inherent Handles

14 Jul 2010

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Not one, or two but three holes punched out of the top of this rice bag – using the inherent, heavy plastic properties of the …
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