The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
More cycling from top photographer Emily Maye in this thrilling series of the Belgian Cyclocross maelstrom
2013
Clever graphic design that adds order to ideas from young Belgian Jelle Maréchal
2015
Beautiful record sleeve design from Belgian designer Jelle Martens
2014
Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Lauren Grusenmeyer leads us through her stellar design for Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
2017
Project Projects: Building for Brussels
2012
The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
-900
Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
This Is Antwerp commissions animated portraits of the city’s young creatives
2016
Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Wonderfully melodramatic flash stunt fun for TNT Belgium launch
2012
Off the Grid explores how a mixture of cultures informed historical Belgian design
2020
This is Antwerp: why you'll want to visit Europe's most atypical city
2019
Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Antwerp-based designer Ward Heirwegh’s experimental portfolio of projects for the arts
2016
Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Jeppe Hein's Modified Social Benches are on show at Belgium's Beaufort04
2012
Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Experience the joy of the Congolese Belgian community in Rebecca Fertinel's photographs
2019
Beautifully printed letterpress dice from Belgian designers Stoëmp
2013
Geometric loveliness from Belgian artist Jelle Martens
2013
Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Meet friendly Belgian illustration collective, Tieten Met Haar
2014
Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Miscellaneous: Point and laugh in disbelief with blog Ugly Belgian Houses
2014
The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Photographer Frieke Janssens turns actors into busts for Belgian theatre company
2013
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
A huge broken plate is thought-provoking addition to Belgian town
2012
Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
Minimalist record sleeves by Belgian graphic designer Jelle Martens
2016
The Best Illustrator You’ve Never Heard Of: An in-depth interview with Belgian illustrator Jan Van Der Veken
2015
A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Great graphic design portfolio from Belgium's Salut Public
2012
Join a four day creative innovation and city exploration “bootcamp” in Antwerp
2015
A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Brussels Sprout: Dubai Graphic Encyclopedia
2012
We check in with fun Antwerp-based illustrator and designer Sam Vanbelle
2015
The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012