Substrate

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

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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

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)

Members of Olybos commission in front of the poster for the Olympic games in Helsinki 1948 (JOKAUAS2 140-1)

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

Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots

A catalogue of legendary gay artist Tom Of Finland celebrates good sex and good art (NSFW)

Studio Chris Bolton’s identity for a Finnish shop is all about circles

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”

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)

Finnish design studio TSTO is pushing boundaries in the cultural corner

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

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

A poster for raising money for the Finnish national team 1948 (JOKAUAS2 140-2)

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo

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

El Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI)

Instituto Kaingang Jare Rio Grande do Sul Foto Karol Lima MC Online (11) (4483162752)

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

Finland 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)

Helsinki Olympic Games 1940 poster competition 1938 (8063B; JOKAHBL3B I01-2)

Helsinki Olympic Games 1940 poster competition 1938 (8062B; JOKAHBL3B I01-4)

Helsinki Olympic Games 1940 poster competition 1938 (8061B; JOKAHBL3B I01-1)

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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WWII Arabic Poster Boeing B-29 Superfortress

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Väinö Olavi Leskinen - Finnish Heritage Agency (1156164)

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Instituto Kaingang Jare Rio Grande do Sul Foto Karol Lima MC Online (7) (4483163464)

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