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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Identity
2012Graphic designer Toni Halonen is creating the visual identity for Helsinki's nightlife
2012
Project
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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes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
2016The cheery and expressive illustrations of Finnish illustrator Antti Kalevi
2016
Project
2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Project
2008Finnish Illustrators
2008
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
Publication
2017Finnish illustrator Daniel Stolle’s atmospheric editorial illustrations
2017
Publication
2025A catalogue of legendary gay artist Tom Of Finland celebrates good sex and good art (NSFW)
2025
Identity
2024Studio Chris Bolton’s identity for a Finnish shop is all about circles
2024
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Identity
2015Kokoro & Moi's bright exhibition identity for Helsinki Design Competition
2015
Identity
2014Prakt designs a custom typeface for a Finnish illustration festival identity
2014
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Project
2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Project
2014More great new work from talented Finnish illustrator Toni Halonen
2014
Project
2016Typography, Tom of Finland and the technological sublime in the British Art Show 8
2016
Project
2012Liv Siddall looks back on Helsinki's time in the design spotlight
2012
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
Project
2024Finnish design studio TSTO is pushing boundaries in the cultural corner
2024
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
Identity
2014Graphic Design: Suitably cool identity for electronic music festival in Helsinki
2014
Project
2012David Shrigley's favourite Finnish illustrator, and now ours: Amanda Vähämäki
2012
Project
2014Got a really dry brief and need something brilliant? Call Helsinki studio Werklig
2014
Project
2014Introducing: Meet Helsinki-based graphic designer Pol Solsona!
2014
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Project
2013Graphic Design: Lovely new liquorice packaging all the way from Finland
2013
Project
2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Project
2013Illustration: More work from the hilarious and sometimes naughty Finnish illustrator, Rami Niemi
2013
Project
2014Graphic Design: Whoever chose Tom of Finland to be on Finnish stamps is a genius
2014
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
Motion
2015Simple, adaptable Helsinki film festival identity by Pol Solsona
2015
Publication
2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
Project
2012Environmentally interactive swarm illuminations in Helsinki's Silo 468
2012
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
2014Illustration: Retro loveliness from brilliant Finnish illustrator Sanna Mander
2014
Project
2012Helsinki World Design Capital 2012
2012
Project
2014New work by Finnish illustrator extraordinaire Linda Linko
2014
Garment
2014Fashion: Janine Rewell's incredible bodypainting for a Finnish shoe brand
2014
Project
2012Finnish illustration brilliance goes Dutch as Agent Pekka sets up Amsterdam office
2012
Poster
2013Two Points create stirring motivational posters for the Helsinki Design Lab
2013
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
2013Exhibition: Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi takes weaving to psychedelic new levels
2013
Typeface
2025Bond’s typeface for the Finnish football league is based on the shape and movement of fan scarfs
2025
Poster
2021Every month for three years, Helsinki-club Post Bar has commissioned a poster from local designers to big industry names
2021
Identity
2014A funky fresh museum identity from Finnish studio Tsto
2014
Project
2015Lonely Boyz: Finnish illustrator Rami Niemi creates a specially commissioned graphic story
2015
Identity
2016Finnish collective GRMMXI creates identity for Baltic Circle International Theatre Festival
2016
Project
2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Project
2013Illustration: bold, brash patterns and pictures from Finland's Antti Uotila
2013
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
2016Craig & Karl creates interchangeable identity for Finnish video platform
2016
Project
2013Tommi Musturi's keeping comics alive for the people of Finland
2013
Identity
2014Kokoro & Moi's splendid new identity for Helsinki Design Week's tenth anniversary
2014
Typeface
2015Helsinki studio designs Moomin typeface inspired by Tove Jansson
2015
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Project
2016Tom of Finland's house, a hotbed of creativity and desire, captured by Martyn Thompson
2016
Poster
2012Eye-popping poster design inspiration from Finland's Linda Linko
2012