04/12/2025
Last week we travelled to , a five-hour flight that opened a completely different chapter for us.
We landed and drove straight into a skyline that looked almost fictional, sharp glass, new districts, and silhouettes rising out of the desert. We didn’t have much time to explore the or the , but we did manage one quiet moment at the , developed by Emaar.
Most of our days were spent in taxis, then offices, chatting with and , listening to how they work, and trying to understand the rhythm of a market that moves faster than anything we’ve seen.
What stayed with us wasn’t just the scale of the city, but the kindness and honesty of Rakan Jandali, Allen Christopher, and Jonathan Ashmore, who welcomed us into their amazing studios and offices.
We took some photos along the way, small visual notes from the trip, that captured both the intensity of the city and the cheerful moments between meetings.
Traveling together works because every conversation is shared, and every observation leads to an idea. inspired us and pushed us to think differently about our role as co-creators in the global world.
