Objects of Interest

In search of Egyptian identity from ancient Pharaonic civilization, Islamic heritage, pan-Arabism, and back through the study of its banknotes.

Often game design enacts protest as something negative or apolitical. How could it instead ignite criticality and political agency?

What the making and unmaking of one of India’s most celebrated foods tell us about traditional female roles, unpaid labor, and revolution

The museum, national identity and the impossibility of classifying the intangible.

Fighting for existence in the wake of stolen wealth, toxic metals, gilded bureaucrats and golden visas.

On subjective worlds, alternative Earths, and map projections.

Toxic Trades, Constructed Masculinity & The Vibrance of Anonymity.

How the Sankara Rug became a comfort away from home.

The design of matchbox houses in South Africa and the challenges of COVID-19.