Jan Chipchase Quotes & Sayings

“I find buying a bicycle is a great way to stay in touch with people.”

“It will be interesting to see if Seoul's urban vocabulary of numerous, ever-present interactive screens will translate to other cities such as Beijing, London, and New York. It will also be intriguing to see if smaller cities and towns adopt aspects of Seoul's screen culture throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.”

“I spend a lot of my time looking into people's bags and handbags - with their permission, of course.”

“Tokyo - still - offers the most tightly integrated infrastructure, where smooth, technology-driven experiences take place when engaging in everyday actions, such as verifying personal identity, paying for goods, and buying tickets.”

“What do you think is the world's most recognisable container of information? It's the human face. We are constantly reading each other and responding.”

“The distance between who you are and who you might be is closing.”

“There's a whole load of stuff in life that is worth documenting. You see it every day but don't even notice.”

“Many retail stores have consumer trackers that study how long your eyes linger on one product, whether you follow it through by touch, and things that you buy. You can redesign things on a shelf, all by tracking such information.”

“Facial recognition software is already quite accurate in measuring unchanging and unique ratios between facial features that identify you as you. It's like a fingerprint.”

“Cultural comparisons are good because they can tell you about what's similar, but also sometimes they make it easier to see obvious differences.”