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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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes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
2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Project
2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
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
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2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
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2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
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
Project
2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
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2009George Butler in Africa
2009
Project
2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
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
2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
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2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
Project
2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
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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
Project
2012David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports
2012
Garment
2011Vivienne Westwood: Ethical Fashion Africa
2011
Publication
2018Nice Magazine nurtures and honestly represents young talent from the African continent
2018
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Project
2015Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots
2015
Motion
2017Meet the filmmaker bringing intersectional feminism to South Africa: Jabu Nadia Newman
2017
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
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2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
Motion
2018Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video
2018
Project
2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
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2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
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
2020How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide
2020
Project
2017Football Editions finds inspiration in the legends of African football
2017
Typeface
2019Movement is the typeface based on the body of a South African dancer
2019
Publication
2021Afrosurf, a book founded by Selema Masekela, tells the untold stories of surfing culture in Africa
2021
Project
2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
Project
2012OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue
2012
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
Project
2017Alice Mann photographs African men from London's La Sape
2017
Publication
2019For its third issue Nice Magazine pays tribute to the South African township of Katlehong
2019
Motion
2017Pablo Di Prima and Ruth Ossai's film Ogbomgbom is an ode to West African "Kings"
2017
Motion
2014Film: Guinness film follows inspiring group of African dandies, The Sapeurs
2014
Project
2010The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
2010
Project
2022Using only African designers, Gida is a creative journal dedicated to being “by and for Africans”
2022
Identity
2019Challenging stereotypes, Lee-Ann Olwage turns her lens to gender and identity in South Africa
2019
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Project
2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016
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
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2024Iconic jerseys and grassroots spirit: Victor Edeh captures football fever during the Africa Cup of Nations
2024
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
2022Marie Gomis-Trezise explains how Nataal grew to become the premier platform for African creative talent
2022
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
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2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
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2022Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa
2022
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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
Project
2022Sianeh A. Kpukuyou’s sun-kissed portfolio celebrates “Dark skin and African stories”
2022
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
Publication
2025Meet the Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography
2025
Project
2018Alexander Mourant's photographs trace a road-trip he took down the length of Africa
2018
Project
2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
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2017Photographer Fabrice Monteiro's fear-inducing prophecy of west Africa's future
2017
Project
2011Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
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2017An animated story of survival during apartheid in South Africa
2017
Publication
2022Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
Motion
2013Lovely-looking teaser video promotes Diesel and Edun's Studio Africa collaboration
2013
Publication
2024“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
Publication
2020This book tells the story of club music across ten cities in Africa and Europe
2020
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
Print
2018Nataal’s debut print magazine captures the creative energy of Africa and its diaspora
2018
Identity
2024The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) gets a rebrand that amplifies the region’s heritage and contemporary art
2024
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2016Inside the world of West African barbershops with Andrew Esiebo
2016
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2019Jump Ball celebrates the relationship between basketball and the African diaspora
2019
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2018Thom Pierce on using photography to amplify the protests of a rural South African community
2018
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Garment
2013Fashion: KISUA collaborates with African designers to create some truly remarkable clothing
2013
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2018Eddie Wrey photographs the women of West African market Adjamé
2018
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2013Illustration: A host of illustrators wish Lynx Africa a happy 18th birthday!
2013
Photograph
2020“It’s full of magic”: Dominique Booker shares her organic conversations of the African diaspora
2020
Motion
2022Rubee Samuel’s photobook Omo Nigeria explores the Londoner’s emotional ties to West Africa
2022
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2015Wolff Olins' Ije Nwokorie on what Africa needs to harness its creative energy
2015