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Tag Archives: photography
Mobiles at the Border Post: Anti-Atlas of Borders Exhibition Slides (Jan 2016)
In January 2016, our submission for the Anti-Atlas of Borders Art Exhibition in Brussels was accepted for a commission of 500e. We were thrilled and surprised since we’d never imagined our work on mobile platforms, technology, and the borderland biashara could be considered from the arts and culture point of view. Here is our story […]
Posted in Africa, African Consumer Market, Afrique francophone, Airtime, Biashara Economics, Business Models, Consommateurs, Consumer Behaviour, Design, Informal & Flexible, Kenya, Marchés africains, Migrant worker, Mobile platform, Photography, Platforms, Prepaid Economy & Informal Sector, Research, Systems, Technologie, Technology, Uganda
Also tagged anti-atlas of borders, art exhibition, biashara economy, Borderland Biashara, itel, mobile money, mobile money agents, mobile platform, tecno
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On Seeing
Michael Bierut writes a paean to the power of observation in his introduction to the new print run of George Nelson’s How to See. His concluding words resonated deeply: The unifying theme behind all of Nelson’s lectures – and, indeed, behind his life’s work – was a simple, and optimistic one: by seeing more clearly, […]
Posted in Analysis, Design, Perspective, Value
Also tagged camera, charles eames, design, documentation, george nelson, methods, michael bierut, nid, seeing
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Innovation, Ingenuity and Opportunity under Conditions of Scarcity (Download PDF)
In July 2009, I was inspired by working in the Research wing of the Aalto University’s Design Factory in Espoo, Finland, to launch a group blog called REculture: Exploring the post-consumption economy of repair, reuse, repurpose and recycle by informal businesses at the Base of the Pyramid*. Within a year, this research interest evolved into […]
Posted in Africa, Design, Innovation Planning, jua kali, Kenya, Perspective, Photography, Prepaid Economy & Informal Sector, Projects and Reports, Research, Scarcity, Sub Saharan Africa, Systems, Technology, UCSD, User research
Also tagged africa, creativity, design, innovation, innovation under conditions of scarcity, invention, jua kali, kenya, user research
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Bedrock of trade
A general merchant in Karatina market, Kenya. Photo credit: Niti Bhan
Posted in Africa, African Consumer Market, Indigenous & Traditional, Kenya, Mama Biashara, Marchés africains, Perspective, rural, User research
Also tagged biashara, kenya, mama biashara
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tank man
I can’t find anything online and I didn’t get a chance to get a closeup of the board over there so I have no idea who the artist is. But apparently this is the lifelike statue of the man who stood down a tank in Tiananmen Square. Can’t you feel him drawing in the power […]
Posted in Culture, Perspective, Photography
Also tagged netherlands, statue, tank man
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Still green
At the bus stop, rural Holland, August 2013 This post was written by niti bhan and rss originates from www.nitibhan.com