Research
Bodies in Motion, Tokyo
How unspoken rules shape posture, habit, and gesture on Tokyo's trains.
- Where
- Tokyo
- Program
- Global Innovation Design
- Methods
- Observation, autoethnography, interviews
A study of how people communicate with their bodies on Tokyo's trains. I used observation, autoethnography, and informal interviews, then coded my notes into four themes.
01 Rules
02 Screens
03 Surroundings
04 Expression
Explicit rules shape posture.
It led to a concept for nonverbal communication on trains, which I'm keeping private for now. Happy to talk about it.