What are your mental triggers to remember where you’ve been? What you’ve done? With whom? The tools to take photographs are widely accessible. But what are …



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A digital sign capable of displaying text in any font or layout. What are the motivations for copying previous, analog sign designs? To what extent …
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One of the metrics for a successful field study is unsurprisingly, ensuring everyone returns home safely. For our recent Accra field study this was, alas, …
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Your company makes widgets and like most of the online planet many of your staff use one of the popular search engines to effectively go …
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A day trekking the mountain in search of powder.
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Seasonal activities such as skiing and snowboarding often lead to a non-trivial investment in equipment – a new deck, gloves, goggles, jackets, boots, trousers, hats, …
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In Japan stamps are a common way of providing proof of having been somewhere. Train stations, mountain huts, sea ports, and airports often have a …
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Today’s office is a guest house half way up a mountain in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. I’m here with a research colleague to catch …
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