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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
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2013Graphic Design: Norwegian studio Heydays make wood look really good
2013
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2013More cycling from top photographer Emily Maye in this thrilling series of the Belgian Cyclocross maelstrom
2013
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2014Beautiful record sleeve design from Belgian designer Jelle Martens
2014
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2015Clever graphic design that adds order to ideas from young Belgian Jelle Maréchal
2015
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2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
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2017Lauren Grusenmeyer leads us through her stellar design for Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
2017
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2012Project Projects: Building for Brussels
2012
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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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1875Guenbri
1875
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1875Guenbri
1875
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1875Gumuri
1875
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1875Rebab
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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Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
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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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1100Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
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1600Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
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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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2017Node Berlin Oslo talks through its redesign of Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2017
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2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
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2016This Is Antwerp commissions animated portraits of the city’s young creatives
2016
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2015Sublime and surreal updates from Oslo-based illustrator Mari Kanstad Johnsten
2015
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2013Exhibition: The tenth 100% Norway opens tomorrow and is BRILLIANT!
2013
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2012Gorgeous forest stairways to nowhere from Norway's Saunders Architecture
2012
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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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2014Snøhetta's designs for Norway's new banknotes are a pixellated haven
2014
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2012Wonderfully melodramatic flash stunt fun for TNT Belgium launch
2012
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2020Off the Grid explores how a mixture of cultures informed historical Belgian design
2020
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2019This is Antwerp: why you'll want to visit Europe's most atypical city
2019
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2013Graphic Design: Amazing Norwegian archive on show after 50 years in an attic!
2013
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2016Antwerp-based designer Ward Heirwegh’s experimental portfolio of projects for the arts
2016
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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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2012Jeppe Hein's Modified Social Benches are on show at Belgium's Beaufort04
2012
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2019Experience the joy of the Congolese Belgian community in Rebecca Fertinel's photographs
2019
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2017Norwegian illustrator Erlend Peder Kvam embodies distinctive silliness
2017
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2012Grandpeople updates show Norwegian design studio still smashing it
2012
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2013Beautifully printed letterpress dice from Belgian designers Stoëmp
2013
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2013Geometric loveliness from Belgian artist Jelle Martens
2013
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2014Meet friendly Belgian illustration collective, Tieten Met Haar
2014
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2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
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2014Miscellaneous: Point and laugh in disbelief with blog Ugly Belgian Houses
2014
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2014Immerse yourself in the world of MVM at his latest show in Oslo
2014
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2013Graphic Design: Simple, functional, Norwegian graphics from Oslo's Bielke + Yang
2013
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2013Photographer Frieke Janssens turns actors into busts for Belgian theatre company
2013
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
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2016A flesh-pink catalogue designed by Snøhetta for Mapplethorpe+Munch exhibition in Oslo
2016
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2012Introducing... Kai Nodland, a Norwegian illustrator with cosmic leanings
2012
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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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2012A huge broken plate is thought-provoking addition to Belgian town
2012
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2016Minimalist record sleeves by Belgian graphic designer Jelle Martens
2016
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2014Lovely new passport design among Norwegian studio Neue's top portfolio
2014
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2015The Best Illustrator You’ve Never Heard Of: An in-depth interview with Belgian illustrator Jan Van Der Veken
2015
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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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2012Things this week celebrates Norwegian skateboarding, Rob Ryan's imagination and lovely greeting cards
2012
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2012Great graphic design portfolio from Belgium's Salut Public
2012
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2015Join a four day creative innovation and city exploration “bootcamp” in Antwerp
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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2024Try Design uses sliding type to represent one of Norway’s oldest museums “opening up”
2024
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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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2012Brussels Sprout: Dubai Graphic Encyclopedia
2012
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2015We check in with fun Antwerp-based illustrator and designer Sam Vanbelle
2015
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2012Norwegian studio Grandpeople knock out one seriously beautiful annual report
2012
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2010Fantastic Norway
2010
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2014Illustration: Unadulterated joy courtesy of Oslo illustrator Mari Kanstad Johnsen
2014
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012