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

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Join Cachetejack and Dropbox for a collaborative workshop at OFFF Barcelona

Barcelona-based illustrator Nicolás Valencia’s intimate depictions of voluptuous forms

More cycling from top photographer Emily Maye in this thrilling series of the Belgian Cyclocross maelstrom

Tasty record sleeves from Barcelona's own Arnau Pi

Smart, cute GIFs from Barcelona-based illustrator Luis Mazón

Beautiful record sleeve design from Belgian designer Jelle Martens

Clever graphic design that adds order to ideas from young Belgian Jelle Maréchal

There's a great line-up for the Internet Age Media Weekend in Barcelona

Etnia Barcelona's new eyewear range inspired by the floral world

Lauren Grusenmeyer leads us through her stellar design for Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels

Project Projects: Building for Brussels

The brilliant Barcelona studio Forma & Co in our first ABSOLUT Network showcase

Spark 2026 puts creative production front and centre at ISE Barcelona

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Hilton

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

This Is Antwerp commissions animated portraits of the city’s young creatives

Barcelona studio Nice Shit animates Interpol’s Daniel Kessler’s music memories in this short

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Introducing: Barcelona-based studio Querida tell us about their working day

Super colourful new furniture set from Barcelona's lagranja design

Vol I (17) Anverpia. (Antwerp)

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Wonderfully melodramatic flash stunt fun for TNT Belgium launch

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

Marc Morro swaps Barcelona for London as part of Timberland campaign

Off the Grid explores how a mixture of cultures informed historical Belgian design

This is Antwerp: why you'll want to visit Europe's most atypical city

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

Antwerp-based designer Ward Heirwegh’s experimental portfolio of projects for the arts

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.).)

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

Jeppe Hein's Modified Social Benches are on show at Belgium's Beaufort04

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

Experience the joy of the Congolese Belgian community in Rebecca Fertinel's photographs

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent

Beautifully printed letterpress dice from Belgian designers Stoëmp

Geometric loveliness from Belgian artist Jelle Martens

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

Woo! Pencil mountains! Crisp graphic design here by Barcelona's very own Roseta y Oihana

Meet friendly Belgian illustration collective, Tieten Met Haar

Beautifully tessellated stools from Spanish designers Alvaro Catalan de Ocon

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

Miscellaneous: Point and laugh in disbelief with blog Ugly Belgian Houses

Explore LABASAD Barcelona School of Arts and Design’s exceptional graphic design masters, taught entirely online

fol. 257b Coastline of Catalonia with the ports of Barcellona and Tarragona

Check out these cheeky plaster hands grifting on the streets of Barcelona

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

Photographer Frieke Janssens turns actors into busts for Belgian theatre company

Photography: Jose Porroche finds undiscovered gems on the beaches and streets of Barcelona

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

Beautiful and cleanly designed pamphlets from Barcelona-based studio Hey

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

Belgium. Netherlands. Luxembourg.

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

2D: No.11. Road of Salo. No. 12. Port of Barcelona. No. 15. Bay of Roses. No.16. Cadaquie

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

A huge broken plate is thought-provoking addition to Belgian town

Daniel Eskils / I'm From Barcelona

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

Miscellaneous: We explored Barcelona's creative scene and it was bloody brilliant

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

Minimalist record sleeves by Belgian graphic designer Jelle Martens

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

A charming portrait of Barcelona's 77-year-old matchday announcer

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

The Best Illustrator You’ve Never Heard Of: An in-depth interview with Belgian illustrator Jan Van Der Veken

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

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

Great graphic design portfolio from Belgium's Salut Public

Bare-bones design straight out of Barcelona

A Tale of Barcelona’s Design Brilliance: We talk to three studios at the forefront of the city's design boom

Join a four day creative innovation and city exploration “bootcamp” in Antwerp

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

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).)