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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
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2016The cheery and expressive illustrations of Finnish illustrator Antti Kalevi
2016
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2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
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2008Finnish Illustrators
2008
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2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
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1701Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
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1701Spear
1701
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1875Gumuri
1875
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1875Guenbri
1875
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1875Rebab
1875
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1875Guenbri
1875
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1850Nay
1850
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1501Sword with Scabbard
1501
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-900Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
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Välskärinkatu 9, Sandelsinkatu 10, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 3, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 5, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 1b, Helsinki
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Välskärinkatu 7, Helsinki
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Sandelsinkatu 4, Helsinki
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900Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
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1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
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1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
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1000Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
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1600Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
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1100Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
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1200Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
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2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
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2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
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2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
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2014More great new work from talented Finnish illustrator Toni Halonen
2014
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2016Typography, Tom of Finland and the technological sublime in the British Art Show 8
2016
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2012Liv Siddall looks back on Helsinki's time in the design spotlight
2012
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2024Finnish design studio TSTO is pushing boundaries in the cultural corner
2024
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2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2012David Shrigley's favourite Finnish illustrator, and now ours: Amanda Vähämäki
2012
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2014Got a really dry brief and need something brilliant? Call Helsinki studio Werklig
2014
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2014Introducing: Meet Helsinki-based graphic designer Pol Solsona!
2014
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2013Graphic Design: Lovely new liquorice packaging all the way from Finland
2013
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2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
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2013Illustration: More work from the hilarious and sometimes naughty Finnish illustrator, Rami Niemi
2013
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2014Graphic Design: Whoever chose Tom of Finland to be on Finnish stamps is a genius
2014
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2012Environmentally interactive swarm illuminations in Helsinki's Silo 468
2012
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2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
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2014Illustration: Retro loveliness from brilliant Finnish illustrator Sanna Mander
2014
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2012Helsinki World Design Capital 2012
2012
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2014New work by Finnish illustrator extraordinaire Linda Linko
2014
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2012Finnish illustration brilliance goes Dutch as Agent Pekka sets up Amsterdam office
2012
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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2021What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
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2013Exhibition: Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi takes weaving to psychedelic new levels
2013
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2015Lonely Boyz: Finnish illustrator Rami Niemi creates a specially commissioned graphic story
2015
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
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2013Illustration: bold, brash patterns and pictures from Finland's Antti Uotila
2013
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2021Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
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2013Tommi Musturi's keeping comics alive for the people of Finland
2013
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2016Tom of Finland's house, a hotbed of creativity and desire, captured by Martyn Thompson
2016
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012