The Cat's Eye
Sauron was a cat. Then he became an eye. How Silicon Valley read Tolkien — and chose exactly the wrong symbols.
2026 · 8 min read
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Culture · Symbolism · Technology
Music · Memory
The Voice That
The Voice That
Carries
El-Shayyalin by Rima Khcheich — the song that accompanied a difficult transition and taught me why I needed to learn Arabic.
May 2026 · 4 min read
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Culture · Symbolism
The Eye That
The Eye That
Watches
One shape. One colour. Five thousand years of the same idea — the Nazar amulet and what it means from a design point of view.
May 2026 · 4 min read
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Visual Culture · Identity · Tradition
The Men Who
The Men Who
Wear Flowers
On the Flower Men of Saudi Arabia — a living visual language worn on the body, renewed every morning with jasmine and mountain herbs. And what it has to do with design.
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