Substrate

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

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Jesús López rebrands a boutique Mexican hotel to reflect its local history and landscape

Kristin Bedford’s new book is a personal documentation of Mexican American lowrider culture in LA

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

“A flagship of Mexico’s visual identity”: Alex Kurunis documents the declining art of hand-painted signage

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

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

Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move

Arte Foto Andréia Lima MC Online Fortaleza (2) (4483142660)

Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region

Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa

Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”

This unique photobook is an unexpected trip through Mexico City’s witchcraft markets and magical soaps

You’re in for a treat with Ella Pavlides’ photo series on Mexico City’s unsung heroes – dog walkers

Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design

A Dança uma das varias expressões da teia Foto Karol Lima MC Online (4483136770)

American Airlines poster - California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico - 1948

Mexico World War II Aircraft Insignia Newsmap Vol 2 No 22 1943-09-20 US Government National Archives NARA Unrestricted Public domain 26-nm-2-22-overseas 002 (cropped)

We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world

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

Can Can Press is the Risograph studio reshaping the print and zine scene in Mexico City

Paolo Zerbini photographs Mexico City quite unlike you’ve ever seen it before

James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music

Carlos Jaramillo documents the characters and atmosphere of a traditional Mexican charrería

Teju Cole on photographing Switzerland, instead of adding to the “endless books about Mexico”

Dominique King gives her great-grandparents’ Mexican heritage new life through this touching archival project

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Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

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Mutt and Jeff - Mixing in Mexico poster

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“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots

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

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"E Pluribus Tavern" sign art, Uncle Sam proprietor - from, 1903 Satterfield cartoon about the imminent statehood of Arizona and New Mexico (cropped)

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