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

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Introducing... The seriously minimal graphic design of Icelandic studio GUNMAD

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

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

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Photographer Chantal Anderson explores youth culture in remote Iceland

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

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Rebab

Earring, One of a Pair

Spear

Guenbri

Guenbri

Earring, One of a Pair

Gumuri

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

Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

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

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

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Ryan Debolski spotlights the effects of immigration and globalisation in Oman

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Simply stunning illustrations for Icelandic bank by the superb Siggi Eggertsson

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

Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada

30. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)

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

Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937

Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia

Great graphics for an Icelandic bar by Karlssonwilker

Spiritual dimensions – a visit to the site of Iceland's new Pagan temple

Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. Western Asia.

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

The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia

Meet Universal Thirst, the Bangalore and Reykjavik-based foundry offering a dual perspective on type

Andre Ermolaev captures Iceland's natural beauty in tremendous style

Scintillating new work from Icelandic illustrator Siggi Odds

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

U.S.S.R. Central and Eastern Asia.

“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city ​​councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings

Composite Text: О ВТОРОМ ПЯТИЛЕТНЕМ ПЛАНЕ РАЗВИТИЯ НАРОДНОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА СССР (1933-1937 гг.).

Introducing...The wild and native illustration and design of Iceland's Siggi Odds

Contents: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Icelandic/Danish architects KRADS complete the American inspired Stöðin panaromic drive-in

Covers: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Title: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Cool graphic design from Iceland in the shape of Maena #5

A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine

Iceland's Studio Studio: so good they named it twice

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

A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums

Jack Latham’s Sugar Paper Theories explores Iceland’s most infamous double murder

Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Städte. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: cities).

Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah

Photography: Unbelievable photos taken beneath Iceland's biggest glacier, by Kate Friend

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

Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova

Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route

Icelandic design grad Helga Dögg's experimental zines are a delight

U.S.S.R. Economic.

Opinion: What we can learn from Iceland's creative community

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)