50UAE design an invitation to contemplation and

an invitation to contemplation and creative freedom

more STUDIO explores and engages these disciplines in dialogue with one another

In a brief preface

morePreciado draws inspiration in his lecture from Kafka’s ‘A Report to an Academy’

or from Leipzig to Juba via Napoli and back again

50UAE design an invitation to contemplation andPublished on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the confederation of the United Arab Emirates, 50U tells the story of the seven Gulf states in 50 portraits of people, plants, and places. Designed by Irma Boom, the book paints an intimate picture of life in the Emirates through the memories, hopes, and ambitions of its inhabitants. Over a period of just half a century, they have witnessed the transformation of a partly nomadic, partly urbanised