The crew slips into the local grain market in Ibadan – a sprawling throng of stallholders and hawkers selling grains, vegetables, heavy-earthy yams, to conduct …



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Been enjoying some late night/early morning walks through the urban landscape that is distinctly Lagos – dark streets puntuated up by small groups huddled around …
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In Sabo Market 100 Naira (50 euro cents) buys you a fresh razor, the subtlest fingers south of the equator and 20 minutes of head-down, …
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That moment post-interview, when the thing that stands between the team and sleep is the need to review the session’s data, a debrief with the …
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Day 1 in Lagos – setting up our pop-up design studio. 2 weeks on the ground with a strong local crew, so much to learn, …
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Today’s office involves jumping between the design studio and an operating theatre for a little slice and dice. There’s nothing like first-hand experience of an …
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If you want to understand China you need to travel to the suburbs, the communities where tower blocks and half empty shopping malls nudge up …
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For once today’s office is… an office of sorts – the frog studio in Shanghai. Its been threatening to rain all day, quite possible all …
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As border crossings go its slow but hustle-lite. An hour to figure out the dynamics of the visa process and stand with exit stamp in …
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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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