Tokyo

Hospital Gift Norms

Tokyo: hospital gift norms
21 Apr 2008

In: Cultural Norms, Ginza
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Elasticity of Anti/Social Spaces

20 Apr 2008

In: Design Inspiration, Ochanomizu
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Mobile phones used in this Ochanomizu hospital, restricted to phone booths. In a world of smaller more discreet objects, how to know what activity a …
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Tools for Mobile Activists

15 Apr 2008

In: Design Inspiration
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The presentation-lite slides from last week’s Global Philanthropy Forum panel on Early Warning: Listening, Technology, Activism The three things on the device that will impact the …
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Form / Alignment

15 Apr 2008

In: Design Inspiration
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Household Norms

30 Mar 2008

In: Cultural Norms
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The yukakiboo – hot water stirring stick commonly found in Japanese domestic bathrooms. In a culture where you scrub down before climbing in the bath and …
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Sufficiently Noise Cancelling Headphones

28 Mar 2008

In: Design Inspiration
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They don’t need charging, require a carrying case, or leave your ear’s hot after a long haul. They do cut out most of the ambient …
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Behaviours Reflected

24 Mar 2008

In: Akasaka, Future Perfect
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This Akasaka coffee shop includes a row of accessible power sockets (running a long the edge of the window) primarily to support laptop use – …
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Super Sex on Pista

23 Mar 2008

In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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SuiPo

20 Mar 2008

In: Design Inspiration, Ginza
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The eagle eyed amongst you will have no doubt spotted the SuiPo (Suica Poster) touch point situated to the left and right of a Tokyo …
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Newish Ways of Seeing

20 Mar 2008

In: Akasaka, Design Inspiration
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The extent that real time visual information speeds up our ability to appreciate the consequences of actions and bodily re-actions – in this case a …
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