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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes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

Dutch Schultz Wanted Poster

Exhibition poster Hist. tentoonstelling van de ontwikkeling der kleding - Gerard Grauss - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Concert poster Dutch Trio

Adriaan van 't Hoff - Poster Holland America Line

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

American Airlines poster - Holland by Edward McKnight Kauffer (1948)

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

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

Olympische spelen 1916 Amsterdam Stadion 31 aug.-3 sept. RP-P-1924-737

Poster by Johannes W. Gips - Lippmann & Moens Makelaars in Assurantien Rotterdam, 1914

Affiche Olympiade 1928 IXe olympiade, Amsterdam photographie de presse, Agence Rol

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

Joel Holland has illustrated London’s iconic shopfronts. Can you spot your favourite?

José Quintanar questions the form of a book in an exploration of Dutch landscapes

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

Meet the Dutch cowboy Kees in Sabine Rovers’ sincere, vulnerable and humorous photography

New York through its storefronts: Joel Holland draws the city’s independent businesses

Enter the fascinating Red Light District in Amsterdam through the eyes of a local in Eva Roefs’ new book

Join the global creative revolution at Playgrounds In Motion festival 2024 in Rotterdam

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

Affiche voor werving voor het KNIL. Advertentie van de Koloniale Reserve uit 1938. Poster for recruitment for the KNIL. 1938 Colonial Reserve advertisement. Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Koninkli

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

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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Poster verwelkoming soldaten United Nations. Opschrift, The soldiers of the Netherlands underground - - RAA WO2

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