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Biggest Mistakes
Make it through immigration with communication reduced to a nod of the head and a surly smile. The first words directed at me after disembarking are from a customs officer staring intently at two...
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Recycling Detail, Value
Knowing exactly what can be recycled and its value – different types of bottles hung on the shutters of a recycling shop.
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Fairground Chair Railing Colour Norms
Uzbekistan seems to have a distinct colour palette. That, and an omnipresence of fairgrounds.
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Airport Sushi
Slice of baguette, margarine and ikura served up in the domestic departure lounge. Breakfast by any other name.
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Edible Mobile
Based on the design of the 1100 no less. From a local Bukhara grocery store.
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Freshness
The extent to which the freshness of a product can be communicated by revealing what’s below the surface. The extent to which the process of revealing, speeds up the decaying process. Kind of similar...
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Taking (TV) Reception Seriously
The perception of the anticipated reception strength based on the design of the antenna. The same for any communication device where signal strength is an issue.
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Display Norms
A multitude of parked cars with their boot’s open in this Khiva marketplace – each one filled with still-flippin’ fresh fish.
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Things That Go Together
Cigarettes and seeds are often sold together here in Uzbekistan. Both dry goods, and both where consumption is highly ritualised. The desire for designers/marketing to create goods and services that...
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Ablutions
As you might expect from geography dominated by the desert, dust is an issue – making this afternoon’s visit to a local bath-house so compelling. The faded interior of the entrance includes an ornate,...
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Petrol Station, Simplified
Common enough practice in countries with high numbers of motorbikes such as in Vietnam though not too much cross-cultural variation in how the product is displayed.
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An Appetite Whet
The restaurant owner is welcoming and her eyes to the only remaining empty table in a room that has few. In front of me three generations of the owner’s family have occupied the bulk of the seats and...
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Stimulants, Packaging of Choice II
Nasvai being punted in a Bukhara market, Uzbekistan. In line with nasvia being a lifestyle-commodity, the Bukhara seller has customised the bags to include pictures of Britney and assorted local talent.
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Simple Pleasures
Walking the final few meters towards the Uzbekistan side of the border I was pulled aside by a weathered Tajikistan criminal detective and questioned. His gentle English lilt was friendly but if, like...
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