Wake up to a dawn over the pacific. 90 minutes before touch down, coffee arrives. Head down / write up field notes.



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Shipping out in a few hours. Leaving with more questions than answers. As-salaamu alaikum Herbert, Aryn & Tamim.
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Somewhere down there in the haze that is Kabul is my home for the foreseeable. This visit is an opportunity look beyond what ends up in …
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Somewhere down there in the haze that is Kabul is my home for the foreseeable. This visit is an opportunity look beyond what ends up in …
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Today’s who-does-what guessing game is more interesting than usual.- with the the transient population of Dubai Airport’s terminal 2 reflecting the geo-politico-cultural spread of its …
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Lounging in Bangkok airport, flight departs in an hour. One month on the road, skies and the occasional mountain to explore personal research avenues before …
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The team touches down in Rio to be confronted with a pleasantly empty airport. Whilst you might equate this with a waltz through customs, it …
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Monday afternoon taking a teleconference call from home – sharing the line with an early riser in Espoo, and a LA based Design Studio colleague …
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Last day in Handan and I’m part of a crowd watching five guys dressed in light green uniforms use grappling hooks and a limp lasso to gently hook a head-down floater out of the canal. I can’t help wondering how long it takes for a body to decompose and somewhat irrationally whether we’re going to witness a body part tear away from the torso.
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With a week’s worth of home and contextual visits under our belts and an ongoing exploration of the local ecosystem we’ve reached that point of …
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