Tokyo

Landscape vs Portrait

Tokyo: cereal
Stacked landscape in the supermarket but, due to the opening being at the end of the box, it needs to be stored vertically in in …



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23 Nov 2007

In: Cultural Norms, Mishuku
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Units. Smaller Units

22 Nov 2007

In: Cultural Norms, Mishuku
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A sachet of gin bought from a Accra convenience store. For any product or service how to break down the value into smaller chunks? Can’t …
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Moving Anti-Crime Eyes

21 Nov 2007

In: Cultural Norms
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Motorbike with a goku bohan no me sticker – literally moving anti-crime eyes. The Japan Times has a write-up of how they became a popular fixture …
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When the Tone Rings

04 Nov 2007

In: Cultural Norms, Naka Meguro
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Taking a late night work telco whilst knocking the top off a nama in a Naka Megruo izakaya. The only other people in the bar …
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Meta Data

04 Nov 2007

In: Daikanyama, Design Inspiration
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Creating QR barcode links large enough to be read from the ambient background of other people`s video streams, photos. With increasingly ubiquitous displays able to offer …
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Priority Visa

04 Nov 2007

In: Daikanyama, Today's Office
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With a winter trip to central Asia lined up for December and a return from Africa in mid-November my remaining time in Tokyo can be …
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Sachiko 28

03 Nov 2007

In: GRF, Naka Meguro
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Premium Manga

02 Nov 2007

In: Cultural Norms, Shibuya
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Magnetic Attraction

31 Oct 2007

In: Design Inspiration
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Movie poster for non-Japanese film. Of note: use of the first person in communicating I’m Sorry; the readers’ literacy to understand that it is a warning …
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Dynamic Contextual Pricing

31 Oct 2007

In: Cultural Norms
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Digital price signs in a Tokyo supermarket. Which of the pricing models enabled and popularised by the internet – will make it to a (Tokyo) …
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