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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Identity
2015Anna Kulachek creates a playful modular identity from illustrations of Prague
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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes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
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
Project
2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
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
Project
2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
Project
2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Publication
2015Playful typography and a smart but free sensibility in the work of Prague-based designer Jan Horčik
2015
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Motion
2017Meet the filmmaker bringing intersectional feminism to South Africa: Jabu Nadia Newman
2017
Project
2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Motion
2018Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video
2018
Project
2022“Brotherhood, community and togetherness”: Nick van Tiem documents a community of skaters in Cape Town
2022
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
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
Project
2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Project
2022Czech matchbox designs inspire An Chen’s angular still-life illustrations
2022
Publication
2025A Life Among Letters unearths an unseen chapter of Czech typography
2025
Project
2015Dan Wieden Is... We spend a week stalking the advertising mogul around a conference in Cape Town
2015
Project
2016Lynnie Zulu decorates her exotic characters in punchy hues and patterns
2016
Typeface
2019Movement is the typeface based on the body of a South African dancer
2019
Publication
2016An innovative approach to typography and ace use of monochrome from Prague's Parallel Practice
2016
Project
2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
Project
2013South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images
2013
Identity
2010South Africa World Cup Logo
2010
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Project
2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Publication
2019For its third issue Nice Magazine pays tribute to the South African township of Katlehong
2019
Project
2014Opinion: Why it's the perfect time to explore Cape Town's creative community
2014
Project
2019A chat with Nikita Teryoshin about his time spent with the Boxing Grannies of Johannesburg
2019
Identity
2019Challenging stereotypes, Lee-Ann Olwage turns her lens to gender and identity in South Africa
2019
Project
2019Photographer Jack Latham investigates the hidden conspiracies of Bohemian Grove
2019
Project
2015Our pick of the talks from 2014's Design Indaba event in Cape Town
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
Project
2015Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva
2015
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
2024Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre
2024
Project
2013Opinion: Away from Design Indaba, South Africa's graphics tell a tense story
2013
Project
2012Introducing...The ultra-bold African supergraphics of illustrator Lynnie Zulu
2012
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2019Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa
2019
Project
2016Photographer Kristin-Lee Moolman captures the characters of Johannesburg's creative scene
2016
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2015Our highlights from the first day of the Design Indaba event in Cape Town
2015
Project
2022“Skateboarding feels a lot like therapy”: Karabo Mooki shares stories of South Africa’s all-female skate group, Island Gals
2022
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2019The Hayward shines a light on South Africa’s born-free generation
2019
Project
2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
Project
2011What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
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
2012Byzantine landscapes in brilliant detail from South Africa-based illustrator Jean de Wet
2012
Project
2014Marc Shoul photographs Johannesburg domestics walking their employers' dogs
2014
Project
2016Sublime and sophisticated updates from Czech designer Jan Horčik
2016
Motion
2014Mollie Mills’ enrapturing short film about a Johannesburg ballerina
2014
Typeface
2016Briefcase celebrates 20 years of Czech typeface design with new book Typo 9010
2016
Project
2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Project
2011Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
Project
2017An animated story of survival during apartheid in South Africa
2017
Motion
2014Czech & Slovak Film Festival identity inspired by hand-painted Czech posters
2014
Project
2016Colourful but refined graphic design work by Prague-based Anymade Studio
2016
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
2024This Home of Ours: Ayesha Kazim’s photographic time capsule of Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap region
2024
Publication
2019Alessandro Bo’s photo book Smail captures the last inhabitants of a Bohemian enclave
2019
Project
2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Project
2014Playful and bright design from Czech Republic-based Anymade Studio
2014
Project
2014Design Indaba 2014: Day two of design wisdom live from Cape Town
2014
Project
2014Lynnie Zulu's new solo show colourfully explores the female form
2014
Project
2018Thom Pierce on using photography to amplify the protests of a rural South African community
2018
Project
2014Design Indaba 2014: Rolling coverage from Cape Town's big design event
2014
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021