Substrate

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

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The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

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

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

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

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

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

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

Portuguese World War One poster

Brilliantly vivid illustrations from Lisbon-born Goncalo Viana

Beautiful, clean designs from Portuguese studio AH-HA

Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”

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

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

PCP election poster, Lisbon, 2010

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

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

Portuguese people, vote for the Estado Novo! — Portugese poster

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

Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women

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

Vote for Salazar and guarantee peace and bread – Portuguese poster

By the union of Arabs — Algerian poster

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.

Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London

Funchal (Madeira, Portugal), Mercado dos Lavradores -- 2025 -- 0983 (kreativ)

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

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

Illustration: Lisbon-based illustrator Lapo's series In Paris is almost too lovely

Uncle Sam with a stew of Hawaii, Philippines and Puerto Rico (Porto Rico), from- Satterfield cartoon about American expansionism as cannibalism (cropped)

Portuguese Action Poster - DPLA - 78760c251e270dada7e929d91222af45

Watch Portuguese designers the Royal Studio turn graphic design on its head

What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders

From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold

WWII Arabic Poster Boeing B-29 Superfortress

British WWII poster in Portuguese - A Grã-Bretanha, Defensora da Liberdade

A Grã-Bretanha, Defensora da Liberdade - British WWII poster in Portuguese

PragmataPro Arabic 2016

Thomas Milo Explaining How to Render an Arabic Typeface Digitized

British World War II poster in Portuguese - A Grã-Bretanha, Defensora da Liberdade

Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah

Porto Rocha, Jennie Baptiste, Boomranng Studio and Alice Isaac: Tickets now available for November’s Nicer Tuesdays!

Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive

Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route

Ana Paganini captures the grand spectacle of religious procession in Portugal

Humorous Map of Europe in 1953 — Portuguese map

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

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

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

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

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

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

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

Portuguese World War One poster

Brilliantly vivid illustrations from Lisbon-born Goncalo Viana

Beautiful, clean designs from Portuguese studio AH-HA

Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”

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

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

PCP election poster, Lisbon, 2010

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

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

Portuguese people, vote for the Estado Novo! — Portugese poster

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

Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women

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

Vote for Salazar and guarantee peace and bread – Portuguese poster

By the union of Arabs — Algerian poster

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.

Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London

Funchal (Madeira, Portugal), Mercado dos Lavradores -- 2025 -- 0983 (kreativ)

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

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

Illustration: Lisbon-based illustrator Lapo's series In Paris is almost too lovely

Uncle Sam with a stew of Hawaii, Philippines and Puerto Rico (Porto Rico), from- Satterfield cartoon about American expansionism as cannibalism (cropped)