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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Publication
2018NB Studio push the decorative limits of typography for African food start-up Jambo!
2018
Publication
2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Project
2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Project
2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Identity
2020Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960
2020
Motion
2017African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata
2017
Project
2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
Project
2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Motion
2022Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
Garment
2013Fashion: Photographer Koen Hauser pays tribute to Africa's textile design
2013
Project
2019Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth
2019
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Photograph
1929Riga 1950 25kop USSR
1929
Photograph
1929USSR 1449-1454
1929
Photograph
1938IFAN - Cimiers de danse, Chi-Wara, Mali (2)
1938
Photograph
1938IFAN - Echelle Dogon (2)
1938
Photograph
1938IFAN - Cimiers de danse, Chi-Wara, Mali
1938
Photograph
1938IFAN - Echelle Dogon (3)
1938
Photograph
1938IFAN - Echelle Dogon
1938
Photograph
2002Parkview Square from Arab Street
2002
Project
2009George Butler in Africa
2009
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
Project
2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
Project
2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Object
1850Horn
1850
Object
1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
1800
Furniture
1500Headrest or headboard
1500
Object
800Bracelet
800
Object
975Bracelet
975
Object
1400Gwandusu
1400
Furniture
1400Prestige Stool: Figures
1400
Object
1100Miniature Basket (?)
1100
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1700Ornament
1700
Object
1720Pair of bala players
1720
Object
800Necklace
800
Object
1100Figure
1100
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1200Ring
1200
Object
975Bracelet
975
Ceramic
1700Vessel: Footed Base
1700
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1490Figure of a Kneeling Woman
1490
Furniture
1400Stool: Zoomorphic
1400
Object
1100Miniature Vessel
1100
Object
1100Miniature Vessel
1100
Object
1500Equestrian
1500
Object
1100Figure: Equestrian
1100
Furniture
1500Headrest: Zoomorphic Heads
1500
Object
800Ornament
800
Ceramic
1300Vessel with footed base
1300
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1100Zoomorphic Figure
1100
Object
1300Necklace
1300
Object
1750Female dege dal nda (sculpture of the terrace)
1750
Object
1400Mother and Child Figure
1400
Ceramic
1200Seated figure
1200
Object
1850Nyanyeru (riti)
1850
Object
1800Equestrian pendant
1800
Object
800Figure
800
Ceramic
1200Figure: Bird
1200
Object
1100Miniature Shaft and Pin
1100
Object
1100Figure
1100
Object
1400Figure: Female
1400
Object
1700Seated binukedine ( priest)
1700
Object
1700Imina Na (Great Mask)
1700
Object
1200Male figure
1200
Object
800Zoomorphic Figure
800
Object
975Bracelet
975
Ceramic
1200Crouching Figure
1200
Object
1500Heddle Pulley: Female Figure
1500
Object
1500Staff with seated male leader
1500
Object
1700Chain with Pendant
1700
Object
800Zoomorphic Figure
800
Object
1400Female with Small Figure
1400
Object
1801Bala
1801
Object
1500Figure Group
1500
Object
1500Figure: Kneeling Female
1500
Object
1500Aduno Koro (Ark of the World) vessel with ancestral figures
1500
Object
1300Bracelet
1300
Object
1500Staff: Female Figure
1500
Object
1300Priest with raised arms
1300
Object
975Bracelet
975
Ceramic
1200Vessel Lid
1200
Object
1500Door and Lock: Figures
1500
Ceramic
1100Vessel: Zoomorphic
1100
Garment
1100Cache-Sexe
1100
Object
1700Figures Ornament
1700
Object
1500Figure
1500
Object
975Bracelet
975
Object
1100Zoomorphic Figure
1100
Garment
1100Fragment of frontal garment
1100
Object
1400Bracelet
1400
Object
1300Bracelet
1300
Object
1850Hoddu (Xalam)
1850
Object
1850Hoddu (Xalam)
1850
Object
1400Figure
1400
Ceramic
1101Long-necked vessel
1101
Object
1400Jomogoni male figure
1400
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
1000Bracelet
1000
Object
1400Female figure with raised arm
1400
Ceramic
1100Vessel
1100
Object
1300Bracelet
1300
Object
1700Bracelet
1700
Object
1300Bracelet
1300
Object
1720Seated couple
1720
Object
1500Figure: Seated Female
1500
Furniture
1500Headrest
1500
Object
1500Gwantigi
1500
Object
1400Figure: Female
1400
Ceramic
1100Globular vessel with twine impressions
1100
Object
975Bracelet
975
Object
1801Donsó Ngoni
1801
Object
800Ornament
800
Object
800Figure
800
Furniture
1400Headrest: Zoomorphic Heads
1400
Object
1875Zanze
1875
Photograph
1955Gala Dinner for the Asian-African Conference in Savoy Homann Hotel, Bandung, on April 19th 1955
1955
Object
1701Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
Photograph
Broadwindsor (395169268)
Photograph
Mullers Optometrist - Longmarket Street
Photograph
De Waterkant 47
Photograph
Manhattan Court (395169273)
Photograph
Durban - Victoria Mansions 124 Victoria Embankment - S29.51.757 E31.01.303 - SAHRA ID - New
Photograph
Metropole Hotel (395169276)
Photograph
Augustines Corner (395152574)
Photograph
Cine Africa (391901922)
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 031
Photograph
Broadwindsor Birds (395152577)
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 032
Photograph
Wilern Court (395152583)
Photograph
Victoria Court (395152584)
Photograph
Port Elizabeth Library, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (19889607574)
Photograph
1934Port Elizabeth CBD postcard
1934
Photograph
Jubilee Gardens (395152579)
Photograph
Joko Widodo speaks to Asian–African delegates at the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
Photograph
Family Photo of the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (02)
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (01)
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764046)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765557)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764622)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929665)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764495)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929093)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763953)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266774)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266244)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765226)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265085)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266530)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763763)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929262)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265537)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765097)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763602)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265930)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764339)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764762)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264629)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764891)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264264)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764171)
Photograph
Cape Town (354244029)
Photograph
Old Arab Bank building Amman
Photograph
Bangui city
Photograph
The Bangui City
Photograph
The Bangui City 2
Object
1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Drawing
1795Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt
1795
Ceramic
975Bowl with Arabic Proverb
975
Ceramic
975Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"
975
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1999)
1871
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1998)
1871
Object
1875Guenbri
1875
Object
1875Gumuri
1875
Object
1701Spear
1701
Object
1875Guenbri
1875
Object
1875Rebab
1875
Object
1850Nay
1850
Object
1501Sword with Scabbard
1501
Object
-900Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
-900
Ceramic
1100Jar with Carved Benedictory Arabic Inscription in Thuluth Script
1100
Publication
1223"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
1223
Poster
1936Poster
1936
Object
900Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
Ceramic
900Bowl with Arabic Inscription
900
Publication
1713Leaf with Arabic Prayers
1713
Object
1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Object
1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Ceramic
1000Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading "al-'izz" ("Glory")
1000
Ceramic
900Ewer with Repeated Arabic Phrase, "Blessing"
900
Object
1000Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
Object
1100Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
Ceramic
900Ewer with Arabic Proverb, "Devotion Fortifies Action"
900
Object
1600Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
Object
1200Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
Ceramic
1150Ewer with Horsemen Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes to its Owner
1150
Typeface
Canela Arabic
Typeface
Lyon Arabic
Typeface
Graphik Arabic
Poster
1941Bolshevik Antichrist — Anti-communist World War Two poster
1941
Identity
2009Arab Open University (logo)
2009
Object
2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
Object
2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
Object
2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
Object
2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Poster
2011Blood and Sand 1922 film poster USSR
2011
Poster
2022US 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
2022
Identity
2022Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
Project
2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Poster
2026Matchbox label - Red Cross - Soviet Union (circa 1920s) - MBP1187053937
2026
Poster
2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
Poster
1945Glory to the Soviet heroes, conquerors of the fascist beast! — Soviet World War Two poster
1945
Poster
1977A course of peace and cooperation — Soviet poster
1977
Project
2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
Project
2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Poster
1935Soviet travel poster
1935
Project
2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
Poster
1989There's poison in cigarettes! — Soviet poster
1989
Poster
2023Idn.duke.edu Soviet propaganda poster 1920s - Down with moonshine! Fight against illegal alcohol На борьбу с самогоном! No known copyright
2023
Poster
2018The Soviet placard
2018
Poster
Exhibition of Soviet propaganda posters
Project
2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
Poster
2023Confuse and Control (Department of State Publication 4107 (1951)) - Soviet propaganda claims Americans are liberating Korea to death and planning to do the same to Germany
2023
Poster
1920Through the ruins of capitalism to the universal brotherhood of workers! — Soviet poster
1920
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Project
2018"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa
2018
Poster
Soviet Armenia – Soviet travel poster
Poster
2022THE PEOPLE'S COURT Суд народный Dmitri Moor Дмитрий Моор (1883-1946) Soviet anti-capitalist anti-religion caricature propaganda poster torn 1918-1923 sad-ludowy No known copyright restrictions
2022
Project
2012David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports
2012
Photograph
Exhibition of Soviet propaganda posters
Poster
2018Woman and Man in 1930s Soviet Propaganda Poster - Regional History Museum - Zaporozhye - Ukraine (42302404620)
2018
Poster
Exhibition of Soviet propaganda posters
Garment
2011Vivienne Westwood: Ethical Fashion Africa
2011
Publication
2018Nice Magazine nurtures and honestly represents young talent from the African continent
2018
Poster
2024Soviet propaganda social-fascism
2024