ACTION - we can rock you
It is one of those wonderful paradoxes that the newest technology is often tested in relation to the past. This is certainly true of the...
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Thinking Urban
EGYPT’S NEW PLANS FOR DECENTRALIZATION
Date: January 19, 2015 By Nehal El-Sherif Numerous governments have tried to re-arrange Cairo’s urban planning by getting rid of many...
Frederick Rickmann
Disney, Chaplin and sound
Even from the very start of film-making, pioneers realized that sound was a completely essential part of the experience of watching a...
Thinking Urban
THE DEAD END OF CAIRO HOUSING
Date: January 13, 2015 By Nehal El-Sherif Cairo is one of the most crowded cities worldwide with an estimated population of 20 million,...
Frederick Rickmann
Cool AIR
There is a basic truth, isn't there, that if you have to say that something is cool and trendy, then it isn't that anymore. Cool has to...
Frederick Rickmann
Moray Place in Edinburgh
There are few cities in the world that have managed to create such an incredibly well functioning and harmonic city environment. All...
Frederick Rickmann
The new year, teamwork and chains
When a new product sees the light of day, it isn't enough that innovation is centred solely on the product itself. Innovation has to be...
Frederick Rickmann
Hot AIR
"Hot AIR" is a most appropriate description of the AIR audio system from STEENSSEN. The word "hot" carries many meanings with it and most...
Thinking Urban
WHEN IT RAINS IN CAIRO
Date: January 5, 2015 By Nehal El-Sherif It rarely rains in Cairo. In the last days of November, it rained for less than 30 minutes for...
Frederick Rickmann
"Hifi is the male equivalent of anti-wrinkle cream"
The quotation marks in the title are because I have to admit that I stole the line from an article by Jonathan Margolis in the Guardian....
Frederick Rickmann
How many new towns have that?
This is not Hallstadt am See in Austria. It is Hallstadt See, the Chinese rip off of the Austrian village. A true copy in southern China...
Frederick Rickmann
WEATHER HAS A NOISE
It’s fascinating to think about the sounds created by the weather. There are the obvious stormy conditions when the wind can howl and the...
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