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Run, Don’t Walk

Marsa Matruh: 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



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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Scene Setting

11 Apr 2011

In: Cairo, Design Inspiration
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In around Tahrir Square, Cairo – from battle ground to forum of debate. Bottom photo – a protestor holds up the spent cartridge of three …
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Space Delineators

11 Apr 2011

In: Cairo, Cultural Norms
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Marking sleeping territory, on Tahir Square. After a night of support/protest/to-ing and fro-ing with the authorities.
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Cairo Phone Kiosks

21 Aug 2007

In: Cairo, Cultural Norms
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And keeping with yesterday’s theme – a phone kiosk service using the Nokia 51xx phone – 0.50 Egypt Pounds (0.07 Euro) per minute. Typically the …
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