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Augmented Pasts

Brighton: sextant
A reminder that we have a rich history of augmentation – this H Hughes & Sons sexton from the 1930’s – still in use by …



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02 Jul 2010

In: Brighton, Design Inspiration
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A Girl, Played

18 Feb 2010

In: GRF, Spitalfields
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Sshit

14 Feb 2010

In: Brighton, GRF
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English Caff Condiment Norms

29 Apr 2008

In: Soho, Today's Office
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Today’s office starts early ends late. When we walk in at half five in the morning – the only other punters are a couple of road …
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Today’s Office

08 Apr 2008

In: London, Today's Office
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Today’s office will last a good eight hours longer than normal so I’m settling in for the long haul. Seat 6F on United 955 to …
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Acceptable Boundaries of Change

03 Sep 2007

In: Brighton
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How does our appreciation and the ‘value’ of colour coordination change when objects and surfaces that can change colour, shape or texture? In what contexts …
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Clustering, Sorting, Obscuring

03 Sep 2007

In: Brighton
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The extent that humans cluster objects below a certain size and of a similar purpose; the means of personalisation. Given that these are house keys …
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Sshit

02 Sep 2007

In: Brighton
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Behaviours Encouraging Behaviours

02 Sep 2007

In: Brighton
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. Related: the future of reflective toilet moments in Tokyo; supporting different modes of use in Taipei and the consequences of walking through the wrong toilet …
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Signs For, Against

02 Sep 2007

In: Brighton
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Smoking has recently been banned from pubs in the UK – a disruption leading to desired new behaviours – people move outside to smoke/have less …
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