The stuff you do to retain the ideal state of an object – that sweet spot of use. And the motivations for keeping an object in …



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It’s difficult to pass a skateboard and not physically interact in some way – the surface, form invites the flick/nudge/fall of a foot. Visitors are …
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The level of effort that goes into apartment block noticeboards.
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In an effort to reduce the pollution for the Expo in this otherwise smoggy city many of the larger building sites have fallen quiet – …
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One quirk of Chinese apartment hunting is that the ‘property sizes’ are listed including communal spaces such as hallways, atrium, bike storage – as a …
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Apartment hunting in any culture is a day-by-the-seaside for any amateur anthropologist: with glimpses of lives in progress, empty shells pitched as life-style choices; and …
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Notable for its lack of urban art/advertising – the Shanghai metro peeled back and revealed this stencil for this.
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What do you imagine Shanghai to be like? How about China? Asia? How about in terms of communication? Media consumption? Connectivity underground? Dynamic advertising? How …
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Lovely inaugural exhibition at the Rockbund Art Museum on the so-called ‘peasant da vincis’ shares its origins with the jugaad in India, the street hacks …
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