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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

This cyanotype series grapples with the process of leaving Russia on ethical grounds

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

Russian Sun and Moon Hands Mechanical Watch by Raketa Paкéтa (14465782273)

Logo-ip-Saint Petersburg

US War Dep Pamphlet No 21-30 OUR RED ARMY ALLY April 1945 - 11 GARRISON Signs Posters Quarters Portable housing - WW2 USSR Soviet Russian soldiers military info organization recognition equipment etc

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

Matchbox label - Red Cross Globe Lion - Russia (circa 1940s) - MBP1187144607

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

Dima Komarov on how “I finally found my style” and the depiction of young people in Russia

RIAN archive 637354 Placards on facade of the Kazan Cathedral in Leningrad, October 1941

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

Comprising a new typeface, Ilya Bazhanov’s bachelor thesis examines Russian typography from the 60s

Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia

WW2 Russian Armoured Vehicles Poster Chart Newsmap Vol 1 No 20 1942-09-07 US Government National Archives NARA Unrestricted Public domain 26-nm-1-20 002

Matchbox label - Blue Jerry Can Russia 1960s-70s - Russia (circa 1960s) - MBP1173119578

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

Nora Krug illustrates the year-long experience of two individuals living through the Russia-Ukraine War

Idn.duke.edu Soviet propaganda poster 1929 - Deni, V. N. Long Live the First of May, Moscow & Leningrad Да здравствует первое мая No known copyright

Dmitri Anatolyevich Bulanov - Poster for Leningrad Zoo 1927 - (MeisterDrucke-279312)

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

Maria Babikova documents the drag scene of Novosibirsk, exploring fear and joy in Russia

“We like to experiment, so many clients may find our work bizarre”: White Russian Studio on its unique practice

Russian Civil War poster (cropped)

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo

Death to the Invaders! Russian Warrior, Clear our Country! Destroy our Enemies! - DPLA - 805a5dfbf3f21d42a003c7ff7774f76f

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

Russian 'Propaganda' Theatrical Poster

Anti-Russian Empire poster in the Lithuanian language, urging to defend the Catholic faith, 1862

Alfred Eberling, Poster for the Kuindzhi Exhibition of 1913, 1913, Russian Museum Гр.Луб.-2579

Museum of World War II Boston Natick Massachusetts 2015. Mannequins WW2 German Army Wehrmacht cold weather winter clothing Red Army officer Russian posters Firearms etc

Film Poster for The German Curse in Russia

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

Moscow Poster 1940

Russian Awareness Poster - DPLA - b56def5651384331d67b2d7a7f0c8999

US War Dep Pamphlet No 21-30 OUR RED ARMY ALLY April 1945 - 11 GARRISON Signs and posters Quarters Portable housing - WW2 USSR Soviet Russian soldiers military info organization recognition equipment

Logo of the Left Front (Russia)

Matchbox label - No Open Flames - Russia (circa 1960s) - MBP1187071145

0012 Moscow 2016-08-08 30

Alfred Eberling, Poster for the Kuindzhi Exhibition of 1913, 1913, Russian Museum Гр.Луб.-2626

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

Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in black

WWII Arabic Poster Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Wikiversity logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in white

Albert Rhys Williams - Through the Russian Revolution (1921)

Wikivoyage logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Russian propaganda battle of sarikamish 1915

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikiversity logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikidata logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikifunctions logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikinews logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Movement logo Arabic vertical in white

Yandex logo 2021 Russian

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Incubator logo Arabic vertical in colour

MediaWiki logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikispecies logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in black

MediaWiki logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikibooks logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikinews logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikimedia Incubator logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wiktionary logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikibooks logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikisource logo Arabic horizontal in colour