About us
Two halves, one studio.
Two Halves is a design and development studio from Cairo. Every project has two halves: the one you built in the real world (your brand, your product, your place) and its digital half, which is ours.
You build it Physically, we design it Digitally.
AlyThabet
AhmedEl Shihy
Design and code under one roof. Every project gets both halves: someone obsessing over how it looks and moves, and someone obsessing over how it's built. We're based in Cairo and work with brands in Egypt, the Gulf and beyond, in English and Arabic.
- Based in
- Cairo, Egypt
- Working
- Worldwide
- Languages
- English and Arabic
- What we make
- Design, motion, 3D and development
Why origami
Every fold counts.
11 / 11 Open the wings
One of us grew up folding paper. Long before screens, origami was a favourite way to make things, and it still shapes how we work.
Origami starts with a single square and no shortcuts: no scissors, no glue. Everything the paper can become is already inside it; the folds only reveal it.
And every fold depends on the one before it. A crease that's off by a millimetre at the first step becomes a crooked wing at the last. You can't fix it later, so you get it right, then you move on.
That's how we build websites. Each step is finished, checked and sharp before the next one begins. It's slower in the moment and faster in the end, and it's why the finished piece holds together.
— Two Halves
- I
One sheet
We start from what's already yours, your brand and your story, and fold it into shape. No templates pasted on top.
- II
Crease by crease
Every step is finished, checked and sharp before the next one starts. Nothing moves on with a fold out of place.
- III
No glue
Clean construction with nothing holding it together but craft: fast, honest code and no shortcuts hidden inside.
Selected work
Start a project
Let's make yours.
You built it in the real world. Tell us about your brand and what you need, and we'll come back with ideas and a quote for its digital half.
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