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Tokyo: Sexon Super Pista
Visitors to Tokyo looking something a little more, shall we say fixed should point their headset in in the direction of Sexon Super Peace a …



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14 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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Making Decisions Closer to the Edge

11 Apr 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Niseko
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Insurance vending machines for travelers at Haneda Airport (below) making it possible to sign up for snow-sports insurance at that moment where your meet the …
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Retrospective Facial Recognition

For any given culture what are the drivers and mechanisms for obscuring / censoring portions of content? How will the recording and pixellation of pornography …
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Addictive or Subtractive?

07 Apr 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Yakushima
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What body parts do you use for counting? In western societies its common to count using primary hand, thumb first, then fingers before repeating the process …
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Night Boarding

28 Mar 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Naeba
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The challenge of gauging depth when you’re night-boarding at speed. And that moment when the flash pops when for a split second everything is revealed, …
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Debt Visibility

26 Mar 2010

In: Future Perfect, Tokyo
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To what extent is it desirable to visualise, and maintain an awareness of debt? What happens when things bought on credit by default reveal the …
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Beer Emotions

23 Mar 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Ginza
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Cherry blossom season is almost upon us and with it, an abundance of beer advertising. Poster showing a full range of emotion of an archetypal …
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From Here to Here

21 Mar 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Sangenjaya
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Maps that start with a “here”. The ability to automate the same.
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Touch Screen Device, Touched

21 Mar 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Sangenjaya
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Touchscreen interaction for karaoke selection, posture, hand positioning, support, interaction.
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Reference

21 Mar 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Hokkaido
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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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