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Snap Shot Photo Studios

Lhasa: photo studio
Next time you’re on a field study spare a little time for during user studies is visiting the neighbourhood photo studio. I rarely go to …



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02 Mar 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Lhasa
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Cultural Influences

17 Feb 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Lhasa
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One of those moments in a back-alleys of Lhasa – straight up breakdancing with the 8 – 12 year old crowd. Their parents will have …
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Digital/Physical Monies

11 Jan 2010

In: Lhasa
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Monk counting donations at the end of the day – the notes are tucked into, and placed on religious artifacts by worshippers. We can design …
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Extended Form

18 Dec 2009

In: Cultural Norms, Lhasa
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History’s New Gatekeepers

14 Dec 2009

In: China, Future Perfect, Lhasa, Locations
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Is the current Facebook privacy discussion as some have argued their Microsoft Moment that point where the internal perception of themselves starts to significantly, …
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Defaults

22 Nov 2009

In: Design Inspiration, Lhasa
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Telco Details

08 Aug 2009

In: Lhasa, Today's Office
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Early morning telco with the LA design team. In the daze of the morning managed to misplace the local Chinese teleconference details so dialing directly …
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The Road Ahead

04 Aug 2009

In: Lhasa, Today's Office
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After a couple of days to wind down discussions in Lhasa it’s time to say mata ne to the research crew – next we meet …
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Oxygen for Ideas

31 Jul 2009

In: Today's Office
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We’ve not been issued with oxygen masks, and despite signing a high-altitude waiver form there is no real pending sense of threat. In fact the …
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Crowdsourced Weather Conditions

04 May 2008

In: Design Inspiration, Lhasa
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Late last week tried to get a sense of the snow conditions on the top of Mount Fuji – the official climbing season starts in …
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