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Geonames Maps

Using geonames’ free data set and a few quick lines of scripting, it was possible to convert a table of boring data in to a sovereign country. Even on a blank page, the borders are distinctly visible without the need to draw them explicitly.

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Miracle Fruit Berries

The Miracle Fruit Berry (Synsepalum dulcificum) is a real fruit, not some chemical concoction. After dissolving the Miracle Fruit in your mouth, sour food tastes sweet. This was something to strange to believe, so as an experiment, we ordered and tested them on various sour food products.

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PaperNet Boarding Pass

In an attempt to infuse some aspects of the Internet into an airlines boarding pass, many lessons where learnt about the airlines industries’ needs and requirements. This is a look from a prototype to a final product of an international airlines printable boarding pass with a touch of useful dynamic data.

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Vertical Slices

What if we froze this moment in time it constantly was replaying over and over again, but you could move freely around and see it from any angle. How would that change your perspective, your outlook and the decisions you would make?

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Professional Oaths

The word “profession” comes from the Latin “professus”, meaning to “affirm publicly”. Is it time to bring more written oaths of conduct into our professions to keep the quality of our work as high as possible?

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