Note of the editor:

Get ready for a whirlwind tour through local Egyptian streets, in which the everyday designs that are part of the country’s overwhelming but beautiful contemporary visual culture are highlighted. Featured are basic design elements such as patterns, colours, and symbols, public designs including street lettering, graffiti artworks and signs, and printed matter like books, stamps, and newspapers. Collecting and celebrating Egypt’s graphically rich environment, the book is a testimony to its vitality. Writer and graphic designer Raghda Moataz developed ‘Absolute Egypt’ for her bachelor thesis at the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Arts at the German University in Cairo.