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Top Tubes and Bottom Tubes

Topanga: wilderness on the morning commute
Mountain bike riders can be roughly categorised as riding in one of two climate zones: those where the mud flies up and sticks onto the …



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28 Nov 2009

In: Design Inspiration, Topanga State Park
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Centralised Boxes for Mail

28 Nov 2009

In: Accra, Future Perfect, Ghana
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Central post office in downtown Accra – always interesting to understand fixed points of reference in an otherwise fluid world, and the factors that go …
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Definition of Irony

27 Nov 2009

In: Design Inspiration, Venice
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Cali Skate exhibition, distinctly stick free.
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Grass Like Tousled Hair

26 Nov 2009

In: Downtown, Today's Office
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Rare that one gets to enjoy being a pedestrian in this city. Embassy hopping this morning – luv ya, multi-entry visa
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F-Cup to Cookie Size Correlation

26 Nov 2009

In: Cultural Norms, Design Inspiration, Downtown, Los Angeles, United States
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Ah, the joys of Japanese supermarket shopping: the obscure correlation between oversized biscuits and bra-cup size.
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Dispensers

24 Nov 2009

In: Design Inspiration, Donhuang, Xi'an
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The difference between a chopstick and a straw? Steriliser/dispenser – with chopsticks already paired up to be pulled by the handling end (above, en route from …
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Implied Modernity

24 Nov 2009

In: China, Xi'an
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Behavioural/aspirational poster in this Xi’an McDonalds. At what point did the laptop replace the mobile phone (which in turn replaced the luggable laptop) as a …
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Entrance Exit Norms

24 Nov 2009

In: Cultural Norms, Donhuang
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Entrance/exit norms, how they affect perception of, and use of devices and wearables as we move from inside to outside and vice versa.
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Raise the Red Lantern

22 Nov 2009

In: Design Inspiration, Oman
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You’re barreling along a sparse Oman highway late at night and reach a roundabout with a cluster of shops, restaurants and a brothel. The use …
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Defaults

22 Nov 2009

In: Design Inspiration, Lhasa
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