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2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
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2013Illustration: Swedish illustrator Klara Persson has charm in no small dose
2013
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2014More excellent work from unstoppable Swedish illustrator Sara Andreasson
2014
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Never Mind the Object
2012
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2015Bright, polished and inventive graphic design from Swedish agency Ritator
2015
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2014Product Design: Swedish student's system to pay at shops by using vein scanning!
2014
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2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
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2019Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth
2019
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2018Swedish design studio Amanda & Erik avoid the tropes of minimalist, Scandinavian design in their practice
2018
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2009George Butler in Africa
2009
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2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
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1850Horn
1850
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1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
1800
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1875Zanze
1875
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Museum of Radio, Pereslavl-Zalessky - Regentone Twin-Tone radio with record player, Sweden (18813350901)
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
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ART DÉCO TELEFONAFFISCH Här visas en av LM Ericssons reklamaffischer från 1929. Den visar en ny kompakt bordstelefonmodell som Ericsson tagit fram influerad av fransk art déco. Den exlusiva art déco-stilen utvecklas från Parisutställningen 1925 och Ericsson tar 1929 fram denna förfinade telefonmodell. I bakgrunden på affischen syns södra Kungstornet i Stockholm. Byggnaden uppfördes som huvudkontor åt Ericsson 1925 och var ett av Stockholms första höghus. Grunden till den nya modellen är 1909 års
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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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2012Stockholm Design week 2012: Form us With Love
2012
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2019Photographer Maja Daniels explores the ancient language and culture of an isolated Swedish community
2019
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2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
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2012A fresh, Swedish graphic design studio for y'all to be inspired by
2012
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2015Perfect type and considered visual flourishes in Stockholm-based Studio Parasto Backman's graphics
2015
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2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
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2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
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2018"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa
2018
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2012David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports
2012
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2015Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots
2015
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2012Stockholm Design Lab create smashing new Ikea food packaging
2012
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2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012
2012
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2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
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2013Swedish studio PJADAD kick food photography up a gear for new campaign
2013
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2013Things 2013 #8: professional wrestling, Swedish design, youthful shots, 180 shots and the future of illustration.
2013
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2019How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds
2019
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2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Clemence Seilles
2012
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: DeisgNu
2012
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2020How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide
2020
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2012Pipe smoking gets a fresh new look courtesy of Swedish designers Stiff
2012
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2017Football Editions finds inspiration in the legends of African football
2017
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2013Design talks will never be the same again thanks to this pavilion in Sweden
2013
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2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2012OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue
2012
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2013South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images
2013
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2017Alice Mann photographs African men from London's La Sape
2017
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Katrin Greiling
2012
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2017Pass-the-illustration and an hour of Swedish Progg. It's time for Things!
2017
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2016Understated and beautiful Vitra packaging by Swedish studio BVD
2016
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2015Swedish studio Snask's brilliant handmade letters for Washington Post
2015
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2010The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
2010
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2022Using only African designers, Gida is a creative journal dedicated to being “by and for Africans”
2022
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2015Work in Progress: the DIY zine from Swedish Studio Reko
2015
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2015Another treasure trove of work from Swedish creative Martin Nicolausson
2015
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2011Katrin Greiling: Stockholm Furniture Fair
2011
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2014Eclectic graphic skills from Stockholm studio Research and Development
2014
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2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016
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2015Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva
2015
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2013Ikea in Swedish shows how to pronounce the names of your favourite furnishings
2013
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2024Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre
2024
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2017Swedish artist Ekta reconsiders simple geometric shapes
2017
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2013Opinion: Away from Design Indaba, South Africa's graphics tell a tense story
2013
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2024Iconic jerseys and grassroots spirit: Victor Edeh captures football fever during the Africa Cup of Nations
2024
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2013Here's mysterious, Swedish magic carpet makers Oyyo and their beautiful rugs. Thanks Wednesday!
2013
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2012Introducing...The ultra-bold African supergraphics of illustrator Lynnie Zulu
2012
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2019Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa
2019
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2022Marie Gomis-Trezise explains how Nataal grew to become the premier platform for African creative talent
2022
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2022“Skateboarding feels a lot like therapy”: Karabo Mooki shares stories of South Africa’s all-female skate group, Island Gals
2022
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2019The Hayward shines a light on South Africa’s born-free generation
2019
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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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2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2012Excellently gauged info-heavy illustration from Swedish illustrator Nils-Petter Ekwall
2012
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2022Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa
2022
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2012Sweden's money gets a beautiful redesign by graphic designer Göran Österlund
2012
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2015Bonkers, beardy and very Swedish new Saatchi & Saatchi Rekorderlig ad
2015
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2011What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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2022Sianeh A. Kpukuyou’s sun-kissed portfolio celebrates “Dark skin and African stories”
2022
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2012Byzantine landscapes in brilliant detail from South Africa-based illustrator Jean de Wet
2012
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2018Alexander Mourant's photographs trace a road-trip he took down the length of Africa
2018
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2017Swedish illustrator Malin Rosenqvist creates textural works about psychology and powerful women
2017
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2017Photographer Fabrice Monteiro's fear-inducing prophecy of west Africa's future
2017
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2011Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
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2017An animated story of survival during apartheid in South Africa
2017
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2017Ahmet Unver uses photography to explore his Swedish and Turkish roots
2017
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2016Inside the world of West African barbershops with Andrew Esiebo
2016
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2012Pure unadulterated stationery porn from Swedish studio Lundgren Lindqvist
2012
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2019Jump Ball celebrates the relationship between basketball and the African diaspora
2019
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2018Thom Pierce on using photography to amplify the protests of a rural South African community
2018
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2014BVD create a stunning origami S for Swedish design awards
2014
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2018Eddie Wrey photographs the women of West African market Adjamé
2018
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012
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2016Swedish illustrator Martin Nicolausson’s delightfully ambiguous portraits
2016
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2013Illustration: A host of illustrators wish Lynx Africa a happy 18th birthday!
2013
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2015Wolff Olins' Ije Nwokorie on what Africa needs to harness its creative energy
2015