UNIQLO flagship store opening on Shanghai’s Nanjing road. What is it cultural point of reference? How will this change over time? For example most Japanese kids …



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A week to orientate the city reverting to tried and tested field study techniques: hire a motorbike + driver and accelerate, slalom and otherwise batter …
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Squid and spring onion – with an attention to detail that wouldn’t look out of place in an upscale restaurant.
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Why is it acceptable to the dog’s owner that the dog pees on wheel, but it wouldn’t be acceptable if it peed on the windshield? …
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China is now the fifth country I’ll feel comfortable calling home – after the UK, Germany, America and Japan, each time the process of relocating …
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Hello Shanghai. For once I’m not marching to the rhythm of a work schedule and can enjoy jet lag for what it is – an opportunity …
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Documenting a city or country from a car is a bit like doing human behavioural research without ever leaving a laboratory – there is worthy …
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A few days bouncing between meetings in the big smoke provides an opportunity to absorb the city through new eyes, an exploration that included four …
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Shanghai: bike bell
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