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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Publication
2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Project
2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Identity
2019Sean Alexander Geraghty talks identity and traditions with Cuba’s diminishing Chinese population
2019
Motion
2022Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
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2025Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move
2025
Motion
2016Filmmaker Maceo Frost captures the formidable Cuban boxer Namibia with rhythmic flair
2016
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2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
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2017Tria Giovan’s thoughtful portrait of Cuba in the 1990s
2017
Identity
2022Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
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2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Identity
2025Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots
2025
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Identity
2020Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”
2020
Project
2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Identity
2019Rodrigo Sombra’s four-year project explores Cuba's shifting identity as the island opens up to the world
2019
Poster
2014Graphic Design: Incredible Cuban propaganda posters from OSPAAAL
2014
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Project
2014Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue
2014
Identity
2019Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
Project
2014Photography: Catherine Losing and Anna Lomax celebrate Cuban shop windows
2014
Publication
2020We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
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2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Project
2016Photographer Carlos Jaramillo captures the pigeon racers of Cuba
2016
Project
2022Gabriel Sanchez paints the strength, hope and vulnerability of Cuban youth
2022
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
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2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
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2018A photographic series documenting the Korean communities of Mexico and Cuba
2018
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2017Thomas Pratt photographs youth and music in Santiago de Cuba
2017
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2017Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality
2017
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Publication
2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
Publication
2024The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Project
2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Project
2017Photographer Joshua Osborne takes a closer look at Havana’s male subcultures
2017
Motion
2023El Cartel Cubano: how Cuba’s revolution-era political posters transformed film poster design forever
2023
Project
2018Olivia Schenker documents sexual freedom in Cuban LGBTQ+ communities
2018
Project
2013Olly Burn documents a beautifully dilapidated symbol of hope in Cuba
2013
Project
2017Globe-trotting photographer Théo de Gueltzl's view of Cuba
2017
Publication
2021“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture
2021
Project
2017Régis Tosetti and François Rappo tell us about Havana's design scene in 2017
2017
Project
2013Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru
2013
Identity
2024Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots
2024
Project
2021What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Poster
2021From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold
2021
Project
2020Avoiding clichés, Sophie Wedgwood turns her lens on Havana
2020
Project
2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Project
2015Brad Ogbonna's photography captures the colour and spirit of Cuba
2015
Motion
2019An exclusive look at Joshua Gordon’s heartfelt story of Havana’s trans women
2019
Publication
2022Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
Publication
2024“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
Project
2021Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
Project
2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Motion
2015The beautiful film poster designs of post-revolutionary Cuba
2015
Project
2017Rosanna Webster and Phoebe Henry’s cinematic portrait of Cuba
2017
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Project
2017Photographer Rose Marie Cromwell's unconventional look at Havana
2017
Identity
2015Luxury culinary branding from Peruvian designer Gabriela Maskrey
2015