Shanghai

Affordances

Shanghai: interactive surfaces
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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09 May 2010

In: Design Inspiration, People's Square
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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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Silent Castles

07 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Jing'an
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In an effort to reduce the pollution for the Expo in this otherwise smoggy city many of the larger building sites have fallen quiet – …
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How Big?

07 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Xuhui
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One quirk of Chinese apartment hunting is that the ‘property sizes’ are listed including communal spaces such as hallways, atrium, bike storage – as a …
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Object Universals

07 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Xuhui
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Apartment hunting in any culture is a day-by-the-seaside for any amateur anthropologist: with glimpses of lives in progress, empty shells pitched as life-style choices; and …
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Shngh Stncl

07 May 2010

In: GRF, Pudong
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Notable for its lack of urban art/advertising – the Shanghai metro peeled back and revealed this stencil for this.
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Metro Snapshot

05 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Jing'an
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What do you imagine Shanghai to be like? How about China? Asia? How about in terms of communication? Media consumption? Connectivity underground? Dynamic advertising? How …
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Chinese Farmer DIY Submarines+

05 May 2010

In: Street Hacks
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Lovely inaugural exhibition at the Rockbund Art Museum on the so-called ‘peasant da vincis’ shares its origins with the jugaad in India, the street hacks …
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Canvas

05 May 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Xinjingzhen
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A simple idea poorly executed, but reminds me that in an augmented reality rich world everything is a potential canvas – from faces to face …
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Splash Taper

05 May 2010

In: Huangpu
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This tap situated on the 7th floor of a 1930’s building – the ability to control the flow of water versus tap pressure?
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