Substrate

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

196 works match

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Graphic Design: Norwegian studio Heydays make wood look really good

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Guenbri

Rebab

Gumuri

Guenbri

Spear

Nay

Sword with Scabbard

Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription

Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair

Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair

Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")

Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan

Logo of The New Party of Norway

Arab Open University (logo)

BI Logo, Norwegian Business School

Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region

Node Berlin Oslo talks through its redesign of Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

Sublime and surreal updates from Oslo-based illustrator Mari Kanstad Johnsten

Exhibition: The tenth 100% Norway opens tomorrow and is BRILLIANT!

Scandanavia. Norway. Finland. Sweden.

Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa

Graphic Design: Snøhetta create lovely geometric identity for Oslo 2022 Winter Olympics

Gorgeous forest stairways to nowhere from Norway's Saunders Architecture

Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”

Snøhetta's designs for Norway's new banknotes are a pixellated haven

Graphic Design: Amazing Norwegian archive on show after 50 years in an attic!

Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design

Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

Oslo studio Your Friends impress with wonderful awards branding

Norwegian illustrator Erlend Peder Kvam embodies distinctive silliness

Grandpeople updates show Norwegian design studio still smashing it

Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women

Immerse yourself in the world of MVM at his latest show in Oslo

Graphic Design: Simple, functional, Norwegian graphics from Oslo's Bielke + Yang

Sami Kallio

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo

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

Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Bevölkerung. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: population).

Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London

Logo BBC Arabic

A flesh-pink catalogue designed by Snøhetta for Mapplethorpe+Munch exhibition in Oslo

Graphic Design: This identity for Norway's Øyafestivalen is all about angles

Introducing... Kai Nodland, a Norwegian illustrator with cosmic leanings

Lovely new passport design among Norwegian studio Neue's top portfolio

Bank Norwegian logo

What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders

Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikiversity logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in white

Logo Qatar National Bank

Wikivoyage logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikiversity logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikidata logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikifunctions logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikinews logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Movement logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Incubator logo Arabic vertical in colour

Arabic Global Open Educational Resources (OER) Logo blackandwhite

MediaWiki logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikispecies logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in black