1. Presentation for TED Conference http://www. ted
Presentation for TED Conference Monterey, 8th March, 2007.
This and related research can be downloaded from
Thanks to the extended research team who helped make all this happen: Per Persson, Petri Piippo, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Liu Ying, Younghee Jung, Sachi Mizobuchi, Fumiko Ichikawa, Cui Yanqing, Raphael Grignani, Gilles Baudet, Indri Tulusan, Julius Matovu, Lokesh Bitra, Zeenath Hasan, Thomas Stovicek, Ken Anderson, Wendy March, Nokia Calabasas & Tokyo Design studios et al.
Photo: Why is this street chai house worker wearing LiveStrong? Jan Chipchase, South Delhi, 2006.

7. Photos: Selection of field research photos: Jan Chipchase: Tehran, Tokyo, skies over Tibet, Ji Lin City in China, New Delhi, New York City, Indri Tulusan: Indonesia, 2004 – 2007.

11. Photos: Contents of study participant’s bag
Photos: Contents of study participant’s bag. Jan Chipchase, Berlin, 2003.

12. Photo: Shadowing research participant, Jan Chipchase, Berlin, 2003.

16. Photo: Jan Chipchase, Berlin, 2003.

24. Research on what people carry, why and how including and explanation of the point of reflection, the center of the gravity and an additional concept – the range of distribution (the extent to which we allow objects to stray from the body), can be found online at: in a paper titled: Mobile Essentials – What People Carry, Why and How, co-authored with Per Persson, Petri Piippo, Mikko Aarras and Tetsuya Yamamoto.
Photo: Jan Chipchase, Tokyo, 2004.

25. Photos: Center of Gravity, Jan Chipchase, Berlin, Tokyo, 2003, 2004.

29. Source: Youth and Adult Literacy Rates by Country and by Gender for Unesco Institute for Statistics (UIS), July

30. Photo: How do illiterate and semi-literate people manage their contacts? Jan Chipchase, South Delhi, 2006.

31. Photo: Indri Tulusan, Bali, 2006.

32. Photo: Pre-paid scratch card, phone
Photo: Pre-paid scratch card, phone. Indri Tulusan, Kampala, Uganda, 2006.

34. Photo: Village phone. Jan Chipchase, rural Uganda, 2006.

35. Photo: Informal repair services. Jan Chipchase, Delhi, 2006.

36. Photo: Informal repair services
Photo: Informal repair services. Jan Chipchase, Ji Lin City, China, 2005.

37. Photo: Informal manuals for fixing mobile phones
Photo: Informal manuals for fixing mobile phones. Jan Chipchase, Delhi, 2005.

38. Photo: Mobile phone repairing institutes. Jan Chipchase, Delhi, 2005.

39. Photo: Mobile phone repairing institutes. Jan Chipchase, Delhi, 2005.

40. Photo: What Viagra bought from a back street sex shop in China - a country known for its fakes, teach us about confidence and trust? Jan Chipchase, Chengdu, 2006.

41. Photo: What a pair of underwear bought from a Tibetan market can teach us about where functionality would be distributed in a personal area network? Jan Chipchase, Lhasa, 2005.

42. Originally spotted by Ken Anderson, Intel People & Practices Group, in Ghana.
Photo: Jan Chipchase, Phone numbers not house numbers. Kyotera, rural Uganda, 2006.

43. Photo: Chai house worker wearing LiveStrong bracelets
Photo: Chai house worker wearing LiveStrong bracelets. Jan Chipchase, South Delhi, 2006.

45. In summary…

49. For related research visit: http://www.janchipchase.com