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Skydiving Frogs
The romantic notion that some animals are inherently more sky-divable than others, and the perpetual state of free-fall that the skydiving-frog design implies.
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Newer Horizons
I’ve resigned from Nokia. From July 1st I’ll be taking up a new role at frog design working out of their Shanghai studio. My time at Nokia has been immensely rewarding – working alongside many smart...
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Not/Serious
The role and assumptions around playfulness and cuteness in Japanese society.
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New Digs
For those of you passing through Shanghai – the frog office has moved to a pretty impressive new warehouse premises – here. Plenty big, plenty of room to grow.
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Shifting Beans
The crew slips into the local grain market in Ibadan – a sprawling throng of stallholders and hawkers selling grains, vegetables, heavy-earthy yams, to conduct a series of interviews. They hustle, we...
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New Essay: Imperialist Tendencies
» What’s is like working for BigCorps pillaging the intellect of people around the world for commercial gain? » How do you sleep at night as the corporations you work for pump their worthless products...
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Popup Studios
Today’s office is a 31st story penthouse overlooking Singapore. Or at least it’s notionally a penthouse, with a frog team of four having turned it into a popup studio for a project we are currently...
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Grandeur
Early morning walk through Milan with Fabio Sergio on the way to our studio. Scale always has the ability to surprise.
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Warmth
A research trip to Afghanistan with colleagues Cara and Mark for a short study on mobile savings, as a follow up to this research. In a country with less than 3% banking penetration what impact can...
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In the Hands of God
As some of you may remember in December I traveled to Afghanistan with colleagues Mark Rolston and Cara Silver to explore attitudes to savings and risk. The project was funded by the IMTFI with...
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“Those” Projects
There are projects. The ones that shape, mould and refine our methods, allow us to iterate on how we think about collecting, analysing and applying data – the operational things that help us get stuff...
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Print Love
We’ll be sharing the research In The Hands of God: Risk and Savings in Afghanistan next week. Join myself and Mark in a CGAP hosted event at the World Bank in DC, 28th February. RSFP here.
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Mitigating Risk
Except from the research report: In the Hands of God: A Study of Risk & Savings in Afghanistan co-authored with Cara Silver, Mark Rolston and Joshua Blumenstock. ~ Risk is an issue in every...
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Here
Short business trip to Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad along the way giving a few talks on a short water x internet of things project. Will post in due course. If you need a visa for India – plan well ahead,...
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