
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
Our Cairo correspondent looks at how the absence of design criticism in the Arab world has weakened the field’s ability to assess itself, and uses the branding of the Grand Egyptian Museum to ask who really gets to define ‘good design’ in the region.
Closest kin
In Brief: The Arabic Brand Experience
Brand
In Brief: The Arabic Brand Experience

Motion
In Singapore, Thaqif Nazri’s intricate typography and graphic design evolution catches our eye

Project
The minimalism myth - why simplified graphic design isn't “easy”
Typography: Where East Meets West
Brand
Typography: Where East Meets West

Publication
We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world

Project
Art: Outside, Up-close And Personal: Five of the world's best sculpture parks

Poster
Transparent Beispiel No. 3, Course 1933/35 USA, Modern Graphic Design (Originaltitel)

Publication
Designer Sun Young Oh focuses on words, through fonts or cat flow charts