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Identity
2013
Anagrama's identity for Mexican sweet and tea shop Bonnard is all sorts of excellent
2013
Identity
2024
Jesús López rebrands a boutique Mexican hotel to reflect its local history and landscape
2024
Project
2016
The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Publication
2022
Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Publication
2021
Kristin Bedford’s new book is a personal documentation of Mexican American lowrider culture in LA
2021
Project
2019
Tyler Woodford photographs scenes on the streets of Mexico City in his latest series
2019
Project
2012
Let Mark Alor Powell give you a tour of the weirder side of Mexico...
2012
Project
2013
Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Motion
2022
Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
Identity
2022
“A flagship of Mexico’s visual identity”: Alex Kurunis documents the declining art of hand-painted signage
2022
Project
2025
Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move
2025
Project
2021
The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Identity
2022
Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
Project
2013
Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Project
2018
The other side: AGI Open Mexico explores what it means “to live on opposite sides of an imaginary wall”
2018
Identity
2025
Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots
2025
Project
2017
Nina Manandhar photographs Mexico City's newspaper sellers
2017
Publication
2020
Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Project
2012
Carpooling the Mexican way – photographer Alejandro Cartagena documents it beautifully
2012
Identity
2026
Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Identity
2020
Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”
2020
Project
2015
Shiny, slick work from Mexico's Savvy Studio
2015
Project
2018
Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Poster
2017
Zoran Lucić’s posters for Lucha Libre visualise the stars of Mexican wrestling
2017
Publication
2026
This unique photobook is an unexpected trip through Mexico City’s witchcraft markets and magical soaps
2026
Project
2014
Photography: Mexico, India and Morocco through the eyes of photographer Mowgli
2014
Identity
2015
Design studio Anagrama's solid identity for a Mexican restaurant
2015
Project
2025
You’re in for a treat with Ella Pavlides’ photo series on Mexico City’s unsung heroes – dog walkers
2025
Identity
2026
Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Project
2014
Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue
2014
Project
2018
Photographer Cécile Baudier explores Costa Chica's Afro-Mexican community
2018
Identity
2019
Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
Project
2013
You will want to spend all your time at bar and restaurant Gomez in Mexico
2013
Publication
2020
We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
Project
2022
Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Project
2025
Can Can Press is the Risograph studio reshaping the print and zine scene in Mexico City
2025
Project
2014
Mexican illustrator Elena Boils’s luscious floral prints for YCN
2014
Project
2013
Event: Vice team up with el Jimador for a Mexican-themed event!
2013
Project
2020
Paolo Zerbini photographs Mexico City quite unlike you’ve ever seen it before
2020
Motion
2026
James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Project
2022
Carlos Jaramillo documents the characters and atmosphere of a traditional Mexican charrería
2022
Project
2016
Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Project
2020
Teju Cole on photographing Switzerland, instead of adding to the “endless books about Mexico”
2020
Project
2018
A photographic series documenting the Korean communities of Mexico and Cuba
2018
Project
2021
Dominique King gives her great-grandparents’ Mexican heritage new life through this touching archival project
2021
Project
2017
Kevin Serna explores familial relationships by capturing his dad’s Mexican hometown
2017
Project
2012
Liliana Ovalle's seating pieces inspired by improvisation in Mexico City
2012
Project
2017
Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality
2017
Publication
2026
Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Project
2013
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Publication
2019
Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
Publication
2024
The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Project
2012
Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Project
2016
Thomas Prior captures a Mexican festival involving exploding sledgehammers
2016
Project
2017
Sweet Dreams: Tripod City’s latest adventure focuses its lens on Mexico
2017
Project
2012
Benoit Paillé captures holiday-makers in Mexico in all their beach finery
2012
Project
2015
Holiday homes and abstract spaces in Mexican illustrator Elena Boils’ illustrations
2015
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
2015
Fantastically kitsch Mexican pulp paperback covers
2015
Project
2013
Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru
2013
Identity
2024
Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots
2024
Project
2021
What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Poster
2021
From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold
2021
Project
2017
David Williams photographs the vivacious style of Mexico’s Pachucos and Pachucas
2017
Project
2014
Graphic Design: Blok Design create four different wordmarks for Mexican cultural agency
2014
Project
2014
Photography: Jen Dessinger photographs a Mexican Quinceñera
2014
Project
2016
Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Project
2018
Andrés Mañon documents Mexico City's queer creative scene through ornate portraiture
2018
Publication
2019
Origen México highlights the innate creativity within Mexican culture
2019
Publication
2022
Hussein 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
2021
Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
Project
2018
Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Photograph
2023
Chasing golden hour, Charlotte Ellis captures Oaxaca’s tribute to the Virgin of Guadalupe
2023
Project
2018
Abraham Díaz uses a jaunty drawing style to illustrate life in Mexico city
2018
Identity
2021
Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Identity
2015
Clashing styles in Savvy Studio's tactile identity for Mexico's first art book fair
2015
Project
2019
Maximilian Virgili on photographing the romance and randomness of Mexico
2019
Project
2014
Bronia Stewart on her latest documentary series about Mexican gangs
2014
Identity
2015
Luxury culinary branding from Peruvian designer Gabriela Maskrey
2015
Project
2020
Pieter Hugo’s latest body of work sees him capture the mythology and conflict of Mexico
2020