Shibuya

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Tokyo: repeat
16 Dec 2010

100 Yen DVD Rental

11 Nov 2010



Will this affect the traditional tangible media channels in the same way RedBox plunged a knife into Blockbuster dying carcass? Located in Shibuya station.
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Territories Expanded

06 Nov 2010

In: Future Perfect, Shibuya, back of
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The interesting thing here is not that you can pay for vending machine goods with your travel card; or that you can check the balance …
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Eyes, Ears and By The Throat

Parking wardens – digital gunslingers, patrolling the neighbourhood documenting changes, violations to the accepted norms. These are the real Streetview, adaptable, malleable, willing.
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Lens Craft

29 Sep 2010

In: Today's Office
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Last week’s Tokyo photo shoot with Chris Lane, and Karl Doyle holding the flash somewhere off to the left. It’s hard to smile when you’ve …
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Sincerity at the Point of Contact

15 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms
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Japanese ATM interface – with two bowing staff members after an ATM card has been declined.
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Inherent Properties

27 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration
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Beer mat re-designed to function as a chopstick rest.
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Societal Notions of Acceptable Anti-Social Behaviour

26 Apr 2010

Smokers huddling around a smoking zone at the far end of a Shibuya train platform – a behaviour deemed as anti-social yet, by the very …
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Man (Wearing Adidas) Sprints to Save Child From (Nissan) Car

25 Apr 2010

In: Future Perfect
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Will the reporting of unfortunate but everyday events such as car accidents be affected by having easier access to more detailed information on what the …
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Device Customisation

21 Apr 2010

In: Shibuya, back of, Street Hacks
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Customised iPod Nano encrusted in rhinestones – photo taken during a night out with friends in Shibuya. Extreme customisation of devices such as mobile phones, iPods …
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