Ahmad Humeid, Co-Founder and CEO, SYNTAX If you lived in the Arab region in the past few years, frustration must have become woven, in big and small ways, into the fabric of your daily reality. Regional conflicts and their resulting human tragedies, economic recession, bad governance and squandered human potential have all conspired to […]
Recently I had the pleasure to give “career talks” at a number of private schools around Amman. You know; the kind of talk where you have to explain to high school kids what it is that you actually do. Now, SYNTAX’s portfolio spans over 18 years of design projects. When we show our portfolio to […]
The Celebration of Entrepreneurship as seen from the Wamda Live Stage Geographically, it was one of the smaller parts of Abraaj Capital’s Celebration of Entrepreneurship, the two-day event designed to consolidate, connect and motivate the region’s entrepreneurial community. But although it only occupied a small triangular stage at the rear entrance to Dubai’s Madina Jumeirah […]
Finally trying WordPress’s iPad app! And here’s a cool photo to go with this post!
Today, SYNTAX got the green light to announce the release of the public beta of Wamda, the entrepreneurial mega hub that has kept us buy for the last 7 months. This project not only has the potential to transform the entrepreneurial scene of the region, but it has already transformed SYNTAX. I have just posted […]
Today, we get to lift the curtain, just a little bit, and start the launch process for one of the most interesting and challenging project we’ve ever worked on at SYNTAX. Together with our friends at Spring, we’ve been commissioned to build what hopefully will become the region’s most comprehensive, dynamic and interactive entrepreneurial hub. […]
One of the coolest Arab media projects out there these days is Aramram, a web-TV project based in Amman. The Aramram team is redefining what local socially and culturally engaged TV means, with a progressive editorial line and a fresh/edgy visual brand of video communication. It’s everything mainstream TV is not! Over the past year, […]
Here’s the situation: SYNTAX: ..is an innovative, open and respectful (sometimes hectic) environment. We speak design, innovation, research, writing, technology, photography, architecture, strategy, web, mobile, Arabic, English and a bit of German too.. We work with little startups, big corporations, government initiatives, cities, art institutions, international organizations.. We create brands, websites, mobile apps, magazines, books, […]
After being absent from the Jordan Web Awards for a couple of years, SYNTAX (and its sister web technology company Spring) was back for the 2009 awards. The ballroom of the Grand Hayat Hotel in Amman was jam-packed with web companies, reflecting the rapid development of the sector over past decade. The atmosphere was celebratory […]
Today, we’ve completed most of the work on the Amman Municipality’s Centennial website, a key project for us at SYNTAX, as it acts on one of the key recommendations we presented to the Greater Amman Municipality during the development of the Amman Brand: telling Amman’s story is building its identity. The site brings together a […]