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By frog - Feb 03, 2014
All Possible Futures: An Interview with Jon Sueda
By Christine Todorovich / Design MindCurated by Bay Area designer and educator Jon Sueda, All Possible Futures features 37 projects from renowned designers Ed Fella, Experimental Jetset, Daniel Eatock, Martin Venezky, and many more. The idea for the exhibition originated from Sueda's interest in showcasing the value of design projects...
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By frog - Jul 22, 2013
Industrial Design in the Modern World: Short Doc & Exclusive Interview with frog Creative Director Jonas Damon
Our friends at frog design recently released a short documentary on Industrial Design in the Modern World, a kind of iterative manifesto (the consultancy's first but certainly not their last), featuring several key players of the design team. We had a chance to catch up with Creative Director Jonas Damon...
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By frog - Apr 15, 2013
frog at SXSW 2013: The Crowd As DJ, Part 3 - The Results
A research report on the dynamics of crowd-sourcing music at the frog SXSW Interactive Opening Party, by Bonnie Reese, Mike Herdzina and Shaina Donovan—see Parts 1 & 2 for more information.Crowdsourcing Gives Everyone a VoiceThe overall response to the Crowd Sourced DJ was overwhelmingly positive. It was described as "novel"...
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By frog - Apr 10, 2013
frog at SXSW 2013: The Crowd As DJ, Part 2 - The Methodology
A research report on the dynamics of crowd-sourcing music at the frog SXSW Interactive Opening Party, by Bonnie Reese and Mike HerdzinaMusic shapes our experience of the world—it sets a mood, represents who we are (or who we want to be), captures memories, and defines a moment. The decision to...
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By frog - Apr 08, 2013
frog at SXSW 2013: The Crowd As DJ, Part 1 - The Concept
A research report on the dynamics of crowd-sourcing music at the frog SXSW Interactive Opening Party, by Bonnie Reese and Mike HerdzinaAt frog, we often find ourselves conducting research in surprising places all over the world. Those of you familiar with our recent trip to Afghanistan will know that we...
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By frog - Apr 01, 2013
A Nation of Makers: The Idiosyncratic Process of Being a Creative Entrepreneur in China
By Lydia Kuo and Ryan RoweFor the past 20 years, China has become an economic superpower by acting as the world's manufacturer. From boutique brands to major corporations, companies from around the globe have brought their products, concepts, ideas and innovations to be built and assembled in the factories of...
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By frog - Mar 07, 2013
In the Hands of God: "Those" Projects
By Jan ChipchaseThere are projects.The ones that shape, mould and refine our methods, allow us to iterate on how we think about what we do—the operational things that help us get stuff done better, faster, smoother.And then there are those projects.Those projects shape us and our team, they expand our...
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By frog - Mar 06, 2013
In the Hands of God: Research Dynamics in Agrarian Societies
By Jan ChipchaseThis article summarises the issues in conducting corporate ethnographic research in rural locations covering logistics to research dynamics. Rural communities are far from homogeneous.Compared to more urban settings, rural dwellers tend to have a more polarised expectation of "outsiders." (The "outsider" label may be designated by any number...
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By frog - Mar 05, 2013
In the Hands of God: Thoughts on Rural Research
By Jan ChipchaseThis article summarises the issues in conducting corporate ethnographic research in rural locations covering logistics to research dynamics. Rural communities are far from homogeneous.Over the last decade I've seen an increasing number of multinationals target highly financially constrained consumers in countries like India, China, Brazil, Nigeria and Rwanda...
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By frog - Mar 04, 2013
In the Hands of God: Managing Expectations in the Organization
By Jan ChipchaseA frog team spent a week in Cairo for client research, workshops and keynotes shortly after the revolution. Our team of six worked out of a downtown hotel, syncing with three local guides over breakfast, before hitting the streets. It's good to have time to calibrate to the...
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By frog - Mar 01, 2013
In the Hands of God: The 10 Emotional Stages of Working in High Risk Environments
By Jan ChipchaseHow do you feel when you're asked to do travel somewhere interesting but that carries a slightly higher risk of injury, kidnap or death?I've run a number of studies to "lively" places, that carry with them a different risk profile than one normally encounters on corporate research. In...
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By frog - Feb 28, 2013
In the Hands of God: A Study of Risk and Savings in Afghanistan
By Mark Rolston, Cara Silver, Joshua Blumenstock and Jan ChipchaseThe study, In the Hands of God (1.4MB PDF), explored the strategies adopted by salaried Afghans for mitigating financial (or more accurately asset) risk, the role played by extended families in levelling out drops in income, and reflects upon what this...
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By frog - Feb 27, 2013
In the Hands of God: Extreme Gender Dynamics
By Cara Silver, Jan Chipchase, Mark RolstonFrog Senior Design Researcher Cara Silver conducted field research in Afghanistan to investigate topics around risk and savings and their intersection with mobile banking. She worked with a nimble team including Executive Creative Director of Global Insights Jan Chipchase and Chief Creative Officer Mark...
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By frog - Feb 26, 2013
In the Hands of God: Mitigating Risk
By Jan Chipchase, Mark Rolston and Cara SilverRisk is an issue in every country where we run research (mostly in the form of vehicle accidents), but it is elevated in Afghanistan, where there are occasional attacks, suicide bombings, and kidnappings. The challenge for the team in determining risk—and developing strategies...
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By frog - Feb 25, 2013
In the Hands of God: Do You Want to Live?
By Jan Chipchase, Mark Rolston and Cara SilverIn the coming week we'll be publishing posts by frog's researchers drawing on their experience of working for commercial and non-commercial clients in some of the less predictable places of the world: Afghanistan; post-revolution Egypt; Rwanda; Burundi; Brazil, Ethiopia; South Sudan; India and...
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