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Big brother turned into a friendly guard

12 februari 2013 · by Robin · in Blog, Product design

Security cameras. Probably one of those products that are impossible to like. ‘1984’, ‘Big-Brother’, ‘zero-tolerance’… putting a security camera is like screaming ‘this is not a save place, get out of here (and by the…

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Robin Budel is a Dutch designer with a degree in architecture. Besides a love for design in its broadest sense he is interested in the motives and process of design.

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