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We’re cooking up a new batch of our Observation caps. They’ll be same same! We just needed to check out some options until settling again on what we had before, and sending them off to production once again. We can’t wait for these organic cotton caps to arrive at our studio. They come in our two classic colours, nightshade blue and Sahara sand. 🙋🏽‍♀️We installed a pre-order option on our website. You could already order it, and be the first to receive yours in early October. #schoolofobservation #amandahaas #giacomosantiagorogado by @schoolofobservation
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🌺 We finally do a re-edition of our famous organic cotton Observer-Caps. Put yourself on our waitlist via dm. You’ll be the first to receive one in October. 🌱 If you’re near a botanical garden chances are, they have specimens of the rare giant titan arum, which are mostly dormant, and every 15 years build the largest flower in the world. We visited one garden in August late at night, to not only see the short-lived flower in bloom on its night of blossoming, but to also smell it. It doesn’t just smell intensely, it actually stinks like rotten meat 🥩. Its ‘scent’, the pheromones, actually is only spread the first hours of its bloom. It is supposed to cover a vast area of several kilometres in its tropical origin forests of Sumatra, Indonesia. With this post we’re recognising Indonesia experiencing a few troubling months, with droughts and extreme weather events. Basa Bali: Kembang bangkai Deutsch: Titanwurz Esperanto: Kadavrofloro español: Aro gigante فارسی: گل بدبو suomi: Jättipökkövehka français: Arum titan Bahasa Indonesia: Bunga bangkai Ilokano: Titan arum 日本語: スマトラオオコンニャク Jawa: Kembang bangkai lietuvių: Gigantiškasis amorfofalas Basa Banyumasan: Kembang bangkai اردو: لوف جسیم 中文: 巨花魔芋 by @schoolofobservation
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So far it’s been a challenging and rewarding journey for me to write about my research on Res(is)ting Cairo. Here are some (self-)reflections… 1. My last night at @alzohriya_park 2.-3. Full cup and feeling mellow 4. Daily meditation saved me @switchboardproject 5. Well-being is a flower 🌺 6. Cairo filter 7. Groppi Garden cafe with a former news correspondent 8. Elvilla in Garden City with @ahmadomarr 9.-10. Dreamy Ramadan nights in Zamalek and Al Agouza 11. Rooftop living 12. At Nadia Lotfy’s ⭐ 13. Survival standby 14.-15. Sunset 🌇 16.-18. Some pyramids, large and small with @ablaba7r 19. The Nile Delux View @joudran.io @shadiisamii @mahmouddgad 20. Alexandria audiovisual #cairo taken in Egypt, Africa by @schoolofobservation
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How to mend a broken connection? How to reclaim embodied creative practice in times of neoliberal notions of wellness as a self-optimisation tool and hyper-individualistic success aims? Thank you all for your interest in thinking and sharing about reclaiming embodied creative practice last month. Hosted by @futuress_org and @brand_new_life_magazine, we were both online and in person @i_n_f_o_s_p_a_c_e. #studioamandahaas #internalpractice #embodiment by @schoolofobservation
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Our bodies have been shaped by different currents, but it’s our minds that ache for the same peace. 🌊🥹🤜🏼🤛🏽 My first few days in Cairo this year have been formed through my mother’s and aunts‘ presence and routines. We all came together in an apartment and city not too well known to us. This formed a bond. Can you see our (wrist) similarities? Can you see we’re a team? I love my aunts so dearly and I started to have a connection to Cairo, the city I used to understand only as the place to pass through when travelling to the coastal cities of Alexandria or Marsa Matrouh. I’ll share some more about my trips to Cairo and Alexandria soon. I’m currently writing a long article. Some learnings so far: The (urban) chaos is in me. We found the best foul and breakfast place in Downtown Cairo. I could eat this every day for the rest of my life. The sunsets in Alexandria are the most magical. Sayyida Zeynab is a bigger attraction than the pyramids. And I found trance through looping Sufi rhythms 🔁 ➰ I found the Yacoubian building. (Actually @ahmadomarr showed it to me 😅) I saw a future. I’m always going to be a foreigner anywhere. #cairo #alexandria #egypt taken in القاهرة _ Cairo by @schoolofobservation
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💫 Register now for the upcoming free Futuress Tutorial 🌟 (Link in bio) 🌱 Reclaiming Embodied Creative Practice 🍃 with Amanda Haas Abd el Halim @internalpractice @amandahase @schoolofobservation 📆 Sat June 14 | 5 pm CEST | online via Zoom + at Infospace Basel, Switzerland @i_n_f_o_s_p_a_c_e | free Co-hosted with Brand-New-Life @brand_new_life_magazine This tutorial is a participatory exploration of regenerative creative practices—and on resisting (self-)exploitation within capitalism. In a world driven by speed and extraction—where product outweighs process—embracing slowness, fragility, or failure is radical. Rather than offering a formula for success or self-optimization, Amanda explores slowness and resilience as forms of resistance. She focuses on living resourcefully while co-creating strategies for survival—not rejecting productivity, but finding ways to thrive within present realities. How can we stay grounded and nourished, individually and collectively? How can we break cycles of extraction and transform them into practices of healing? Is this only a privilege of the few? Through discussion, shared reflection, and practical exercises, participants will rethink their creative practices. This tutorial draws on years of navigating (self-)experimentation and creative labor balanced by yogic and mindfulness practices. It offers a space to explore more embodied, regenerative ways of working. 💕Amanda Haas Abd el Halim (she/they) is a Swiss-Egyptian graphic designer, lecturer, publisher, and researcher rooted in embodiment. She is based in Basel and Berlin with Studio Amanda Haas, School of Observation, and Internal Practice. 💬 Language: English (with close-captions for online participants) 📍 Infos for on-site participation: Address: InfoSpace @i_n_f_o_s_p_a_c_e, Auf dem Wolf 11, 4052 Basel, Switzerland Accessibility: The space is wheelchair-accessible. 📺 This event will be recorded and made available on the Futuress website in a few months. Sign up for the newsletter or follow us on Instagram to stay tuned! #embodiment #resilience #slowness by @schoolofobservation
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Reclaiming Embodied Creative Practice June 14 | 5 pm CEST | online + at Infospace Basel, Switzerland | free | @futuress_org Tutorial with Amanda Haas Abd el Halim co-hosted with Brand-New-Life A participatory exploration of regenerative creative practices—and on resisting (self-)exploitation within capitalism. This tutorial is both an exploration and a participatory workshop on sustaining embodied design and art practices within capitalism. In a world driven by speed and extraction—where product outweighs process—embracing slowness, fragility, or failure is radical. Rather than offering a formula for success or self-optimization, Amanda explores slowness and resilience as forms of resistance. She focuses on living resourcefully while co-creating strategies for survival—not rejecting productivity, but finding ways to thrive within present realities. How can we stay grounded and nourished, individually and collectively? How can we break cycles of extraction and transform them into practices of healing? Is this only a privilege of the few? Through discussion, shared reflection, and practical exercises, participants will rethink their creative practices. This tutorial draws on years of navigating (self-)experimentation and creative labor balanced by yogic and mindfulness practices. It offers a space to explore more embodied, regenerative ways of working. @i_n_f_o_s_p_a_c_e @brand_new_life_magazine #internalpractice #schoolofobersvation #embodiment #futuress #brandnewlife by @schoolofobservation
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𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 Am Sonntag, dem 8. Dezember, werden Amanda Haas und der Künstler Giacomo Santiago Rogado durch die Ausstellung führen und uns dabei durch leichte Meditationen begleiten. Dies ist eine einmalige Gelegenheit, die Ausstellung und die Werke einmal anders zu erleben. Amanda Haas @internalpractice ist langjährige Praktizierende des Zen-Buddhismus. Auch der Künstler Giacomo Santiago Rogado übt sich in der Meditation und stellt in seinen Werken immer wieder eine tiefe Verbindung dazu her. Das Angebot ist offen für alle und kann ohne Vorkenntnisse besucht werden. @giacomosantiagorogado @amandahase #Meditation #ALLTHATYOUSEE #KunsthalleGöppingen #GiacomoSantiagoRogado #AmandaHaas @schoolofobservation by @schoolofobservation
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Observations don’t need anything else than just our imagination and heartfelt attention. It’s been a while since we created new caps—they’re all sold out, just a few black ones are remaining! Send a dm if you like to get one. And a new batch is coming soon. #schoolofobservation by @schoolofobservation
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After an active month of June, we enjoyed a peaceful Sunday with @giacomosantiagorogado and Amanda Haas @schoolofobservation in a guided meditation tour through Giacomo’s “ALL THAT YOU SEE” solo exhibition @kunstmuseumthunpanorama, curated by @helenhirsch_kempf ✨ We were also indulged with a traditional Chinese tea ceremony featuring amazing Iron Buddha tea leaves prepared by @mrs_manis ✨Thank you all for this holistic experience! 👏🏻 💛☺️ taken in Kunstmuseum Thun / Thun-Panorama by @schoolofobservation
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On Sunday June 30, from 2–3.30pm „Meditations in Space” will take place in the exhibition of Giacomo Santiago Rogado ALL THAT YOU SEE at Kunstmuseum Thun. 3.30–5pm Chinese tea ceremony at the Kunstmuseum Thun with Grace Mani Come to meditation and/or the tea ceremony: admission + donations 🙏🏼 Am Sonntag 30. Juni findet um 14-15.30 Uhr “Meditationen im Raum” statt: ein Rundgang durch die Ausstellung von Giacomo Santiago Rogado ALL THAT YOU SEE mit angeleiteten Meditationen durch Amanda Haas (Internal Practice) in Begleitung des Künstlers. 15:30-17 Uhr: Teezeremonie mit Grace Mani Kommt zur Meditation und/oder anschließend auch zur Teezeremonie. Eintritt + Kollekte 🙏🏼 @kunstmuseumthunpanorama @giacomosantiagorogado @internalpractice @amandahase @manis.conceptstore #giacomosantiagorogado #amandahaas #internalpractice #kunstmuseumthun taken in Kunstmuseum Thun / Thun-Panorama by @schoolofobservation
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It’s been 9 years since the opening event of our studio back in Berlin with this incredibly cool and delicious food design and live painting, created by @eneapalmeto and the guests, obviously. 😛✨🌈 🎨 Fun times!! #schoolofobservation #flashback #studioamandahaas #studiorogado by @schoolofobservation
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