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

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

Beautiful record sleeve design from Belgian designer Jelle Martens

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

The founders of Porto Rocha on making work that “has a presence”

Portuguese Royal Studio makes Adobe tutorials look good (and simple!)

Rita Matos attempts to bridge the gap between Lisbon's art and design circles

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

Project Projects: Building for Brussels

Hip ornament with Portuguese head

Plaque with Portuguese Traders and Manillas

Spoon

Altar bell with Portuguese heads

Lidded Box with Portuguese Face

Bracelet with Portuguese heads and mudfish

Box with Portuguese Horseman

Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants

Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures

Bracelet with Portuguese Heads and Mudfish

Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures

Pendant with Portuguese equestrian

Seated Portuguese figure

Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures

Museu da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54762870492)

Alcântara - Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54663633606)

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

"Portuguese" Carpet with Maritime Scenes

Clock collection with an erotic pocket watch in the foreground (false 'Breguet et fils' signature), António Medeiros e Almeida Museum, Lisbon, Portugal julesvernex2

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

Fantastic Man’s unexpected cover story on the surfers and fisherman of Peniche, Portugal

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Vol I (17) Anverpia. (Antwerp)

Brilliantly vivid illustrations from Lisbon-born Goncalo Viana

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Beautiful, clean designs from Portuguese studio AH-HA

Wonderfully melodramatic flash stunt fun for TNT Belgium launch

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

Portuguese illustrator Tiago Galo’s plump little characters are oddly charming

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

And Atelier’s graphic designs for Porto’s Gallery of Architecture is informed by the space

Sensitive and versatile designs by Portuguese designer Catarina Dantas

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

The Caribbee Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Isle of Porto Rico.

Mantraste’s illustrations draw on the culture of his childhood in rural Portugal

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

Porto Design Biennale 2023 puts out an open call for projects on the theme of ‘Being Water’

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Beautifully printed letterpress dice from Belgian designers Stoëmp

Geometric loveliness from Belgian artist Jelle Martens

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

Meet friendly Belgian illustration collective, Tieten Met Haar

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

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

180 Creative Camp: a week of making, chatting and exploring in the Portuguese countryside

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

Photographer Frieke Janssens turns actors into busts for Belgian theatre company

Porto Rocha are here to challenge industry standards and create seats at the table for designers

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

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)

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

Joana Avillez’s A Sardinha Zinha is an illustrated ode to Portuguese idioms

L'Espagne diviseé en plusieurs estats et provinces au Roy Catholique, et au Roy de Portugal.

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

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

Minimalist record sleeves by Belgian graphic designer Jelle Martens

Miguel Proença on his photo series capturing Portugal’s spiritual healers

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