Locations

Choosing a Field Study Location I

Johor Bahru: wet market
Given the range of research destinations its no surprise that one of the frequently most asked questions is how we choose our study locations. Some clients …



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16 Apr 2010

In: Johor Bahru, Research Methods
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Sign of the Times

16 Apr 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Hangzhou
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The prevalence of escalators at the Lei Feng pagoda in Hangzhou is the real sign of the times: reflecting in part an aging, increasingly wealthy/demanding …
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Preparation

16 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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Toothbrush Norms

16 Apr 2010

In: Ahmedabad, Cultural Norms
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Factory Lamp Shade

15 Apr 2010

In: Chongqing, Design Inspiration
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Beautifully textured, oiled.
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Last Meter Access

15 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Salton Sea
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A ladder is chained to the top of each an every date tree in this palm farm.
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Significant Strangers, Rear View Mirrors

15 Apr 2010

In: Chongqing, Future Perfect
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Been thinking a lot about my relationship with strangers recently – triggered by a number of unrelated threads: the death of a pedestrian on Sunset …
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Urban Textures

14 Apr 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Silver Lake
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Sexon

14 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Shibuya, back of
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Visitors to Tokyo looking something a little more, shall we say fixed should point their headset in in the direction of Sexon Super Peace a …
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Wayfinding Redundancy II

14 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Tehran
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The reader’s relative position in the city highlighted on the sign – in the photo the small red triangle is overlaid on a Tehran City …
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