Substrate

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

100 works match

Uniforma’s brand identity for Polish nightclub Schron is utiliarian yet expressive

Artist Yin Ming uses ping pong as a metaphor for the act of code switching

Shining a positive light on Asian voices, Chuntian is a guide to spring inspired by the philosophy of Chinese medicine

An illustrative portrait of rapidly changing Shanghai by Jeffrey Hsueh

Agnieszka Sejud reflects on fake news in Poland in her frenzied collages

Suzy Chan’s kitsch and sparkly project explores the children who grow up in China’s factories

W Sylwestra nie strzelam (I don’t fire on New Year’s Eve)

Warszawski Tydzień Kobiet (Warsaw Women's Week)

Cleopatra poster (Polish)

May 30 Poster 2, Why China sees red

Logo Warsaw Wlochy

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976 alt poster - calligraphy)

A traditional Chinese dessert brand inspired by plastic collectible toys

Based between Toronto and Beijing, Meat Studio creates work that bridges cultures

Polish-soviet propaganda poster 22Y

Siting Yao’s bilingual dictionary translates Chinese lesbian slang

German Poster Caling For Financing German Schools Located In Poland (1932)

Illustrator Chenyue Yuan digs deep into social histories to tell the story of Chinese labourers living and working in factories

Wu Lie Wei’s work is an ode to the Chinese youth

Breathtaking and arresting, Livien Yin’s series Paper Suns explores the “desires, uncertainties and pleasures” of Chinese American immigrants

Flip phones, vintage selfies and kitschy graphic design: Meet 1413 magazine, a “tickle fight” with Chinese culture

Studio Lava Beijing is erupting with puns and playful designs

Introducing the monochromatic and spooky portraits of Chinese artist Jingze Du

The Type covers the history, development, conventions and transcultural contexts of Chinese typography in three new volumes

In Smart Kids, Alex Huanfa Cheng explores the demise of a lost Chinese subculture

Daughter of Shanghai (1937 poster)

This collection of “ghost signs” shows how the Chinese written language has changed over the last century

Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface sample using a German pangram and a Polish phrase (2)

Annie Lai thoughtfully photographs young Chinese women in an exploration of emotional and physical home

Patryk Hardziej explores a modernist approach to corporate design in Communist Poland

1413 is back with another playful ode to Chinese culture – this time focusing on medicine and wellness

How you can win an original Melissa Kitty Jarram painting inspired by Beijing Silvermine

Wiesbaden Swing typeface sample using a German pangram and a Polish phrase

020220312 Generalgouvernement travel poster, Town Hall Tower, 1940, Kraków

Mischelle Moy’s pleasant and dreamlike photography pays tribute to her Chinese heritage

Drukarnia Literacka Kraków logo (1908)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976 poster - Style B)

WW2 Uniforms Rank insignia US Poland USSR China France Britain Newsmap Vol 1 No 48 3-22-1943 US Government National Archives NARA Unrestricted Public domain 26-nm-1-48 002 cropped

Polish-soviet propaganda poster 14Y

Polish-soviet propaganda poster 1920

Warsaw-based UVMW designs a playful, hand-drawn wayfinding system for a music school in Poland

Shanghai-based studio KauKau returns with a striking and multifaceted rebrand for Strong Noodle

1940 Chinese Propaganda Poster Depicting the Collapse of the KMT–CCP United Front and the Merger of the Provisional and Reformed Governments

Chinese Action Poster - DPLA - 68202e3b4f0c8f418c3127f551d33f14

Matchbox label - Protect Houses From Fungus - Poland (circa 1940s) - MBP1613986810

Luo Yang captures China’s Generation Z through an intimate lens

The Lady from Shanghai (1947 poster)

Mao-era Propaganda Poster Featuring Chinese Typist

Zoe Lowdermilk-Oppenheim’s moving project documents young Chinese women adopted into British families

Chuqiao Liu's powerful photography offers a glimpse into contemporary China

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

Matchbox label - Tractor Poland Mid-Century - Poland (circa 1940s) - MBP1520443098

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976 alt poster - stripper - retouched)

China online literature timeline

Dolus, the Finest Shoe Polish

Chinese typefaces

Jaeyou Chung’s rebrand for Beijing’s X Museum features a type inspired by twisted dimensions and chair legs

Dancing In Utopia captures the trance-like communion of public square dancing in China

Hannah Yoon’s Restaurant Kids documents the children growing up in Chinese restaurants

Voices of mass demonstration in Poland inspire this new folkloric animation

The Filial Daughter孝女 by Mengyu Zhou is a tender story of Chinese womanhood

Poster General Exhibition of Polish Art in Lemberg (Lviv) 1910

Typeface specimen Chinese Rocks

Polish anti-bolshevik poster

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976 poster - Style B - retouched)

Street Angel (1937) Chinese Film Poster

Logo of Wilanów, Warsaw

Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface sample using a German pangram and a Polish phrase

Logo of Wikimedian's Group of Mainland China (Transparent)

The Chinese Must Go - Mayor Weisbach poster

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Starring Ben Gazzara (1976 poster - Style A)

Logo of Wikimedian's Group of Mainland China

Shanghai Warmly welcome another great victory of Mao Zedong Thought Poster 1967

Metro Doha Logo 10.2018

Mother, Polish Red Cross poster

A Chinese language poster from 1920s London

Peking Shoot to Kill poster, 1925, Why China sees red

Suzy Chan left London’s academic design bubble to return to China to “do something and talk to people”

New Logo and Identity for Warsaw Ghetto Museum by Redkroft

Designed to mirror a physical experience, Oriental Silk documents the first Chinese silk importing business in the US