Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Eman Ali calmly guides us through the streets of Oman in a touching hometown revisit

Rohan Chaurasia on how his childhood in Thailand influences his design practice, exploring mundanity and animism

Photography: Giles Duley profiles Syrian refugees in a simple, heartbreaking way

Giles Duley's unseen photos of the vulnerable victims of the war in Syria

Hizb (Litany) of An-Nawawi

"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari

Bookbinding

Bookbinding

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Bookbinding

Section of a Qur'an

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript with Verses from the Surat al-Maryam

Qur'an Manuscript

Seated Figure with Crossed Legs Holding a Carafe

Treatise of Jurisprudence

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Flap of Bookbinding

Bifolium from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ryan Debolski spotlights the effects of immigration and globalisation in Oman

Studio 150 wants young graphic designers in Thailand to break the mould

Thai illustrator Tanawat Sakdawisarak has a coolly surreal aesthetic

Larry Hallegua captures sun worshippers on Pattaya Beach in Thailand

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Poignant, powerful documenting of the crisis in Syria by illustrator George Butler

Bangkok as seen by one of our favourite photographers, Cait Oppermann

1960s Thai erotic magazines show creativity in their censorship

Dive into the Syrian Stamp Archive for some bite-sized insights into Syria’s design history

Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive

A rainbow-like portrait of modern Thailand from Pipatra Banpabutr

Sirkhane Darkroom works with children across Syria, Turkey and Iraq to learn skills in photography

Eman Ali calmly guides us through the streets of Oman in a touching hometown revisit

Rohan Chaurasia on how his childhood in Thailand influences his design practice, exploring mundanity and animism

Photography: Giles Duley profiles Syrian refugees in a simple, heartbreaking way

Giles Duley's unseen photos of the vulnerable victims of the war in Syria

Hizb (Litany) of An-Nawawi

"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari

Bookbinding

Bookbinding

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Bookbinding

Section of a Qur'an

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript with Verses from the Surat al-Maryam

Qur'an Manuscript

Seated Figure with Crossed Legs Holding a Carafe

Treatise of Jurisprudence

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Flap of Bookbinding

Bifolium from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ryan Debolski spotlights the effects of immigration and globalisation in Oman

Studio 150 wants young graphic designers in Thailand to break the mould

Thai illustrator Tanawat Sakdawisarak has a coolly surreal aesthetic

Larry Hallegua captures sun worshippers on Pattaya Beach in Thailand

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Poignant, powerful documenting of the crisis in Syria by illustrator George Butler

Bangkok as seen by one of our favourite photographers, Cait Oppermann

1960s Thai erotic magazines show creativity in their censorship

Dive into the Syrian Stamp Archive for some bite-sized insights into Syria’s design history

Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive