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Sign Semantics

Salton Sea: no nades
Another sign with a whole bunch of cultural assumptions – from a day in the Southern California desert.



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15 Jun 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Salton Sea
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Light Detail

13 Jun 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Westwood
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If you’ve stared into one of these lights there’s a reasonable chance you’re were about to go into surgery. I’ve had quite a few …
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Infra Density

21 May 2010

In: Austin, Cultural Norms
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Just some of ~dozen ATMs in Austin’s 6th Street bar area – certainly the densest sustained row of cash machines I’ve come across anywhere in …
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Everyday Bribery

After a week of shuttling to meetings in and around Seattle not one taxi receipt signed by a driver. It is in part, an implicit …
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Logistics I

27 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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Packing tape from this Californian moving company – every item and box is tagged with a unique identification number which is then catalogued. How tangible …
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Payment Mechanism Colour Coding

It might just look like rows of colourful folders – but this office cabinet provides at-a-glance understanding of the money flows through this dentists office. …
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Touch Interaction

26 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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A familiar site in European and North American dentists – a tap that turns on and off by gently pressing the top of the pipe. …
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Close to Hand/Nose

26 Apr 2010

In: Future Perfect, Los Angeles
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A small capsule of ammonia taped to this Los Angeles dentist machine -a respiratory stimulant positioned for use in patient emergencies. For every task flow …
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Censorship? Sensorship!

20 Apr 2010

In: Future Perfect, Las Vegas
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One of the details tucked into the recent leak of the 4G iPhone story was the remote locking of the device once it was reported …
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Connectivity in the Head of Your Palm

18 Apr 2010

In: Bel Air, Cultural Norms
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