Focus On: Egypt

We look at creativity and design coming from Egypt.

Guy Martin captures the turmoil of the Egyptian revolt

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

World-renowned photographer Guy Martin documented the beauty, violence and pride that accompanied the 2011 Egyptian uprising. >

7 Oct 15
Egyptian students design honey-spun band-aids for diabetics

Next Generation > African Design / Design Thinking

Egyptian students designed a new silver and honey-laced material to accelerate the healing speed of diabetics’ wounds. >

7 Oct 15
Egyptian teenager designs the next generation of biofuel

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Teenager Azza Faiad is pioneering an inexpensive way to turn plastic waste into biofuel. >

6 Oct 15
Hand Over: Radwa Rostom's answer to Egypt's slum problem

Design News > African Design / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The Hand Over initiative aims to rid Cairo of its slums using eco-friendly, human-centred design. >

5 Oct 15
Egyptians discover new, low-cost desalination technology

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking

Researchers at the University of Alexandria in Egypt have created a low-cost desalinate technology that filters salty water, making it drinkable in minutes. >

1 Oct 15
Egyptian studio designs contemporary furniture from handmade, recycled material

Design News > Product Design

With a belief that design can solve problems, Reform Studio developed a material from reused plastic bags, which now forms the basis of its designs. >

14 Sep 15
Ali Ali: Unconventional Advertising

Video Interviews > Creative Economy / Film & Animation

Ali Ali, film director and founder of Egyptian agency Elephant, explains how small, unconventional agencies can leave the bigger advertising agencies behind. >

24 Aug 15
"Garage" is a new comic magazine from a collective of Arabic artists

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Egyptian twin-artists Haitham and Mohamed Raafat El-seht are releasing a comic magazine created by an Arabic-comics' collective. >

4 Aug 15
Darb 1718: A place of exchange for Egypt’s artists

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism

Reem Hatem fills us in on Darb 1718, the Cairo centre that is fostering the North African country’s art scene. >

25 Jun 15
Egyptian twins bring comic love to Cairo

African Report > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Since the Arab Spring comic book artists in Egypt have undergone a revolution of their own, say cartoonists Haitham and Mohamed Raafat El-seht. >

30 Apr 15

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