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

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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Hizb (Litany) of An-Nawawi

"The Elephant Clock", 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

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", 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 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

Bookbinding

Bookbinding

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

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

Section of a Qur'an

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Seated Figure with Crossed Legs Holding a Carafe

Bookbinding

Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Flap of Bookbinding

Treatise of Jurisprudence

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Bifolium from a Qur'an Manuscript

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Leaf with Arabic Prayers

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

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

Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”

“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Hizb (Litany) of An-Nawawi

"The Elephant Clock", 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

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", 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 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

Bookbinding

Bookbinding

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

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

Section of a Qur'an

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Seated Figure with Crossed Legs Holding a Carafe

Bookbinding

Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript

Flap of Bookbinding

Treatise of Jurisprudence

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Bifolium from a Qur'an Manuscript

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Leaf with Arabic Prayers

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

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

Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”

“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers