Tokyo

Shipping Out

Tokyo: free ride
An e-ticket, two fully charged laptop batteries, hand luggage and some big ideas to get my head around. LA bound today, see you on the …



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23 Sep 2008

In: Daikanyama, Today's Office
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You, Your Stakeholders

19 Sep 2008

In: Akasaka, Design Inspiration
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What does it mean to disconnect when your stakeholders have a say in the matter? Who are the stakeholders? And what affect can they have …
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Urban Kicks

15 Sep 2008

In: Future Perfect
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The ideal vehicle is traveling slow enough to catch up to with a sprint-burst, fast enough to be worth the pocket-of-calm momentum when you get …
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If You Didn’t Need Luck, It Wouldn’t Be Worth Doing

15 Sep 2008

In: Design Inspiration, Research Methods, Shibuya, back of
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In response to numerous requests sent to my personal email address for careers advise, open positions and internships – figure out the boundaries of your …
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2 Minute Warning

10 Sep 2008

In: Akasaka, Today's Office
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Head down to Akasaka for the launch of a new product and duck into a cafe to work on the presentation. Talking for 25 minutes …
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Little Switch With A Big Impact

09 Sep 2008

In: Design Inspiration
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The inclusion of an Airplane Mode on the 3G iPhone is pretty obvious design choice right? It’s a well implemented feature that is both easy …
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Delivery Infrastructure

24 Aug 2008

In: Design Inspiration, Shinagawa
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Clip outside this Shinagawa hotel room supporting the delivery of up to two newspapers.
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Extenuating Posture

24 Aug 2008

In: Azabu Juban, Cultural Norms
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Signed, Sealed

23 Aug 2008

In: Cultural Norms
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Books in Japan are by default sealed – if you want to read you gotta, er, have the yen to hand over the Yen. In …
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Inherently Shared Objects

26 Jul 2008

In: Design Inspiration, Mishuku
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Instructions for sharing written on the side of this 100% orange juice lolly. The extent that sharing is actively supported, implied in the design. The …
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