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Anti-Social Luggage

I'm intrigued about the affects physical/digital objects can have on other physical/digital objects during everyday use. We know from multi-cultural studies on what people carry where and why that people tend to keep keys and phones in separate pockets to avoid scratching the device (this applies mostly to men, our research indicates that women are much more likely to use handbags than pockets to carry their mobiles).

What happens to other carried objects or carrying spaces such as pockets when a device is covered in gem stones? Or is defiant about being put in your pocket?

What happens to other people's luggage when a skateboard slip-mat is applied to the surface of your check-in luggage? (photo, above). How will it differ when the anti-social behaviour is digital?

Writing from Hawaii | April 17, 2006 | Permalink