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Defense/Pride

Cairo: flag defense
Wondering to what extent Adidas wraps itself in the Egyptian flag to avoid being targeted by protesting youths? Rather than aligning itself with the new …



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18 Apr 2011

In: Cairo, Design Inspiration
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The Alex-Marsa Matrouh Road

17 Apr 2011

In: Today's Office, Zawyet el Hawale
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Today’s office is a 650km stretch of coastal highway from Cairo to Musa’id in Libya and an opportunity to experience the periphery of current events …
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40 Qs About The (Coming) Revolution

17 Apr 2011



See also: Is Internet Access a Human Right? These questions were originally meant to be weaved into a post here on Future Perfect – ended up …
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Run, Don’t Walk

16 Apr 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Marsa Matruh
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Micro-Breaks

15 Apr 2011

In: Cairo, Today's Office
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Two days of intensive workshops with our Egyptian clients – its great to see a team come together so well, and for a client to …
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Tea. Cozy

15 Apr 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Zawyet el Hawale
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Demos

14 Apr 2011

In: Cairo, Today's Office
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Heading back from a day of keynotes and workshops with the client and hitting a hyper version of Cairo traffic jams – caught up in …
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Abstracts

12 Apr 2011

In: Cairo, Cultural Norms
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Something very QR barcode about this mosque-entrance text. Thought for today – the ability for certain scripts to be pixelated/barcoded.
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17736

12 Apr 2011

In: Cairo, Cultural Norms
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Phone number for sale in the electronics market. 50 Egyptian Pound (6 Euro) premium for an easy to remember number sequence, and an additional 25 …
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Managing Expectations in the Org

11 Apr 2011



In Cairo for a week of client research, workshops and keynotes – its good to be back in this great country – my fourth visit …
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