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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Motion
2016Russia-based Max Litvinov's experimental animations are a delight
2016
Project
2016Maria Gruzdeva explores the cosmonaut training facilities of Russia
2016
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2015Bright, playful graphic design from Russian studio A-2-O
2015
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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes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
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2025This cyanotype series grapples with the process of leaving Russia on ethical grounds
2025
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2008The Russian Club / Art Vandelay
2008
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2013Lovely, strange and stained illustrations from Woodcum in Moscow
2013
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2014The futuristic world of Russian avant-garde theatre explored at V&A
2014
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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
Project
2017Photographer Tomer Ifrah captures Moscow's commuters
2017
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Project
2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
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
2015Anatoly Grashchenko's randomly generated posters for a Moscow theatre
2015
Motion
2014Animation: Take a train into a seriously trippy fantasy land in this Russian music video
2014
Poster
2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
Project
2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Identity
2019Jules Slütsky searches for identity and home in her series, So You Speak Russian?
2019
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Project
2020Dima Komarov on how “I finally found my style” and the depiction of young people in Russia
2020
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
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2012Russian art gallery guardians take centre stage in Andy Freeberg's photos
2012
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
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2016Flaneur explores the magic of Moscow in its biggest issue yet
2016
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2018Moscow-based Masha Demionova’s portraits capture the multi-faceted personalities of women
2018
Publication
2014Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
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2017Photographer Kathryn Hurni’s images capture an alternative perspective of Russia
2017
Publication
2015Marcel George illustrates eight pages of watches for Russian Port magazine
2015
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
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2013Product Design: Gay icons as Russian dolls in ace LGBT rights campaign
2013
Project
2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2013Photography: Come and meet the restaurant singers of Russia's Sochi region
2013
Typeface
2020Comprising a new typeface, Ilya Bazhanov’s bachelor thesis examines Russian typography from the 60s
2020
Publication
2020Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia
2020
Identity
2019Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
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
Publication
2013Publication: A celebration of the golden era of Russian children's book design
2013
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Publication
2023Nora Krug illustrates the year-long experience of two individuals living through the Russia-Ukraine War
2023
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2013Graphic Design: Russian entrepreneurs have got it good thanks to Knopka and NB
2013
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2013Photography: Albert Elm captures Russia and China with a rose-tinted lens
2013
Project
2014Beautiful paintings of the drunkards and typists of the Russian ballet
2014
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2018Photographer Dima Komarov captures a sense of freedom in Russian youth culture
2018
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
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2020Maria Babikova documents the drag scene of Novosibirsk, exploring fear and joy in Russia
2020
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2020“We like to experiment, so many clients may find our work bizarre”: White Russian Studio on its unique practice
2020
Poster
2017Archival propaganda posters spotlight the graphic design of post-revolution Russia
2017
Project
2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Motion
2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2016Russian illustrator Katerina Voronina's angular characters captured in sumptuous tones
2016
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2015Slick moving typographic designs for Moscow design festival from Universal Everything
2015
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Project
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
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2017Local Characters: Anna Kulachek typographically depicts her hometown of Moscow
2017
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
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2014Isabella Moore photographs the victims of Russia’s war on homosexuality
2014
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2016Frank Herfort explores the contrasts and contradictions of life in contemporary Russia
2016
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2015Artist Andrey Remnev’s hypnotic Russian Medieval-style paintings
2015
Poster
2017New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages
2017
Publication
2014Publication: FUEL's new book explores codes hidden in Russian prisoners' tattoos
2014
Project
2008The Russian Club
2008
Identity
2016Ira Ivanova designs vibrant wristband-inspired identity for Moscow music festival
2016
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
Project
2019Moscow-based illustrator Katya Dorokhina chats through her new zine Chill Pill
2019
Typeface
2015A2SWHK and Margaret Calvert create new typeface to improve Moscow's transport
2015
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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
Publication
2012A dreamy, woodland-inspired look book from Moscow's Lesya Paramonova
2012
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2013Graphic Design: Russian cassette tapes of yesteryear were super cool
2013
Poster
2016Russian designer Dima Shiryaev’s diverse poster designs for music nights
2016
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2015Anastasia Tsayder captures enormity of 1980's Moscow Olympics decades later
2015
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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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
Typeface
2016Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books
2016
Photograph
2018Early Russian colour photography and Spaghetti Westerns collide in new book from S_U_N
2018
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2014Photography: Mikhail Mishainik reveals the wonders of Russia's salt mines
2014
Poster
2015Shuka Bureau's whimsically exotic posters for Moscow art school
2015
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Project
2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
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2019Ony Agency on the rebrand of AZ Museum in Moscow
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
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2021Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
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2018Alex Vasilyev's compelling photographs of locals living in Russia's coldest region
2018
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
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2016Mind-bending work from Russian illustrator Andrey Kasay
2016
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2018Alexander Anufriev captures culture cliches in Russia Close-Up
2018
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012
Garment
2015Russian photographer Erik Panov's latex and salmon themed fashion shoot
2015
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2017Gosha Rubchinskiy and InRussia plot the origins of Russian rave culture
2017