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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack

Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”

Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog

Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design

Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada

Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia

Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type

We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world

30. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937

Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia

Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music

U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. Western Asia.

Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women

Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations

The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia

Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Bevölkerung. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: population).

Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London

U.S.S.R. Central and Eastern Asia.

New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages

“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city ​​councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings

Composite Text: О ВТОРОМ ПЯТИЛЕТНЕМ ПЛАНЕ РАЗВИТИЯ НАРОДНОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА СССР (1933-1937 гг.).

Contents: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

Covers: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Title: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine

What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders

From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold

Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books

A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums

Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Städte. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: cities).

Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah

Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”

“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers

Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive

Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova

Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route

U.S.S.R. Economic.

Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design

The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack

Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)