Look through the website of Jan Chipchase and you'll instantly notice that this man's been places. As Executive Creative Director of Global Insights at Frog Design, a global design and innovation company, Chipchase has not only traveled the world, he's also called major metropolises like London, Los Angeles, Berlin, Tokyo and Shanghai his home. His website is, in his words, “what I do in my spare time – the stuff that inspires or challenges me, helps me understand how the future might turn out.” He continues, “Pushing technologies on society without thinking through their consequences is at least naive, at worst dangerous, though typically it, and IMHO the people that do it are just boring. Future perfect is a pause for reflection in our planet’s seemingly headlong rush to churn out more, faster, smaller and cheaper. “We get to shape the future.” Though there's enough eye-candy in there to satisfy your visual sweet tooth for hours, I found his cultural norms section most interesting. For instance, in this post, I brought together some of his most eye-opening and interesting photos about cultural norms in Japan. Most photos have both an accompanying title and short story. It's a neat way to see a unique country like Japan like you've never experienced before.

Newspaper Stacked Like Ice-Cream Cones

Sealed Books

Sincerity at the Point of Contact

Human Flows Redirected

Counting Norms

Beer Emotions

Efficiency in Informal Markets

Reminders on How to Use Toilets

Ambient Service Expectations

Unwelcome Mats

No Groping Signs

Stores Selling Face Masks

Guides for Where To Queue

Incentivised Recycling

Lingering Crowds at Pachinko Parlours

Call 119

Home Textures

Proof of Being There

Separation of Clean and Dirty Spaces

Jan Chipchase: Website