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ASTOLA: A WORKING SANCTUARY – Getz Pharma’s New Karachi Headquarters

In the industrial heart of Korangi, ASTOLA proposes an alternative to the ordinary factory campus. Designed by Gul & Thariani, the LEED Platinum-certified facility unites pharmaceutical production with a workplace built around light, landscape, and human wellbeing — courtyards, gardens, and water threading through a disciplined, rust-and-ochre exterior. Inside, a...

Ali Rez’s Audio Nikahnama Honored with Socially Responsive Award at the ADA Awards 2024-25

Ali Rez, Chief Creative Officer at Impact BBDO, wins the ADA Award 2024-25 in the Design – Communication Advertorial / Campaign for Easypaisa’s Audio Nikahnama—a pioneering initiative that leverages technology to enhance accessibility and awareness of matrimonial rights. The trophy was presented by Mr. Shahzad Nawaz (ADA Awards Design Jury),...

Wendyrosie Scott’s “Reviving Craft”

FINAL WEEKEND to see one of the standout shows from The London Design Festival:An extraordinary exhibition of more than 100 Chinese designs at Somerset House asks us to consider craft as a state of consciousness. (Until 27th September, inclusive.) Reviving Craft is a landmark presentation that explores physical works of...

URDU WORLDS – A Tête-à-Tête with Ali Kazim

“Anywhere you live in the world, you will feel the need to build your own safe space, your own world, and words give rise to those worlds.” For Lahore-based artist Ali Kazim, this conviction anchors Urdu Worlds — the UAE’s first contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language, now...