MappingALP O NILEItinerary of Swiss Heritage in CairoYear: 2024 Location: Cairo, Egypt Client: Swiss Embassy Scope: Curation and Design In collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Egypt, CLUSTER designed and produced a walking and bus tour map for the event celebrating the 90-year friendship treaty between Egypt and Switzerland. The map, “Alp O Nil,” traces…
DesignWatch Video COMMUNITY CARE VEHICLEYear: 2023 Location: Ard al-Liwa, Giza Client: Creative Industries Fund Scope: Research, Design, and Implementation Community Care Vehicle (branded in Arabic as “Rescue on Wheels”) is a project designed and implemented by CLUSTER, in collaboration with AP+E studio and Studio Rene Boer in the Netherlands, and supported by the Creative Industries…
ProgramsVisit Grounded Urban Practices Website PARALLEL PROGRAM – WORLD URBAN FORUM (WUF) 12Year: 2024 Location: Cairo, Egypt Client: Creative Industries Fund Client: Urban Tours, Exhibition, Booth & Roundtable Discussion Early November the 12th World Urban Forum took place in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Parallel to the official event, CLUSTER (Cairo) and Loom (Amsterdam/Rotterdam) hosted an…
DesignON THE TRACKS OF MUSICYear: 2024 Location: Amman, Jordan Client: Action For Hope Scope: Mobile Exhibition CLUSTER was assigned by Action for Hope to design and produce the display units of the “On the Tracks of Music” exhibition in Amman and Beirut. The exhibition in Amman took place at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine…
ProgramsTAJREEDA EXHIBITION – PALM REEDS CRAFTSYear: 2024 Location: VeryNile, Cairo Client: Wealth Inequality Initiative by Julius Baer Foundation Scope: Product Design and Manufacture Exhibition As part of Bridging Inequality through Creative Economy in Informal Areas (BICEIA), this project aimed to integrate the designers and manufacturers in Cairo’s formal economy with the artisans and craftspeople in…
ProgramsWatch Video KAWEELA EXHIBITION – CARPENTRY METALWORK FURNITURE DESIGNYear: 2024 Location: Egypt Designers School, Cairo Client: Wealth Inequality Initiative by Julius Baer Foundation Scope: Product Design and Manufacture Exhibition As part of Bridging Inequality through Creative Economy in Informal Areas (BICEIA), this project aimed to integrate the designers and manufacturers in Cairo’s formal economy with…
MappingINFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: MAPPING CREATIVE INDUSTRIESYear: 2022-23 Location: Giza, Egypt Client: Dutch Embassy Scope: Mapping and Research Similar to most cities in the Global South, Cairo – a megacity of 20 million- is largely produced informally, posing questions about the role of architects and designers in the making of their cities. The Informality as Creativity…
Digital PlatformsCLUSTER MAPPING INITIATIVEYear: 2024 CLUSTER Mapping Initiative is a project by the Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research, as part of CLUSTER’s mandate for critical engagement in the city and public space through urban research, programs and design interventions. The CLUSTER Mapping Initiative documents and analyzes tangible and intangible urban elements, and seeks to…
MappingCLUSTER MAPPING INITIATIVELaunch Year: 2022 Location: Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Amman, Tunis, Tangier Scope: Mapping and Knowledge Exchange Platform CLUSTER Mapping Initiative is a project by the Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research, as part of CLUSTER’s mandate for critical engagement in the city and public space through urban research, programs and design interventions. The…
ResearchCONTEXTUALIZING CREATIVITY, RECOGNIZING INFORMALITY: ON CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN EGYPTYear: 2023 Location: Cairo, Egypt Scope: Research Client: British Council While the definition of “creative industries” remains elusive, this study attempts to articulate a local scope of its sub-sectors through historicizing and contextualizing its various categories. Currently organized under different ministries and state authorities, creative industries in…