Substrate

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

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Tracy Chahwan on making the visuals for all the best “strictly-vinyl” parties in Beirut

Photography: Giles Duley profiles Syrian refugees in a simple, heartbreaking way

Eman Ali calmly guides us through the streets of Oman in a touching hometown revisit

Cengiz Yar documents the de-mining efforts in the city of Mosul

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

The latest series by Israeli art collective Broken Fingaz showcases a contemporary twist on traditional oil painting

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Gem Fletcher and Ken Hermann shoot death-defying Indian tradition The Well of Death

Exhibition Design: Plaid transform The British Library into Mughal India

Photographer Anu Kumar on reconnecting with her Indian heritage, failing exams and recipes for weddings

In a new book, photo duo Valentina Piccinni and Jean-Marc Caimi capture the hidden realities of Istanbul

Bee-themed shoot Bal arose from a Turkish film and a stomach ache

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Mahesh Shantaram presents a look beneath the glossy veneer of Indian weddings

The View From Mumbai: the Indian photographers taking back control through self-publishing

Giles Duley's unseen photos of the vulnerable victims of the war in Syria

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

Beirut-born Yasmina Hilal organically creates mixed media collages – cutting, gluing and sewing away from digital manipulation

Dishoom collaborates with illustrator Manjit Thapp on T-shirts memorialising iconic Indian women

Gaza-based painter Malak Mattar on making art as a feminist in Palestine

From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice

Khichdi (Kitchari) brings together 846 photographs of India, and its people, taken over ten years

Samar Maakaroun’s identity for Together for Palestine applies the visual language of petitions

Farah Al Qasimi photographs Dubai’s decaying entertainment architecture

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

Moksha captures the diversity of religious rituals across India

Taschen’s monograph features Sebastião Salgado’s powerful photographs of the Kuwaiti oil fires

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

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

Watermelon Pictures is the film company putting Palestinian cinema where it belongs – on the big screen

Ian Patrick captures The Rajasthan Express and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood

Photographer Ina Niehoff's beautiful analogue Istanbul travelogue

Donal Sturt and India Dickinson curate monochromatic exhibition, Laetus

Mumbai-based artist Yashasvi Mathis' unconventional take on the world

“I look for ways to distill the complexities of heartbreak and joy”: Prarthna Singh reflects on gender and politics in India today

Jasmin Sehra's poster series reimagines hand painted Bollywood signs

Offshore Studio on its identity concept for the Istanbul Design Biennial

What's On: Hajj - Journey to the Heart of Islam

Illustration: Sameer Kulavoor paints a beautiful portrait of metropolitan India

What Myriam Boulos’ shots of the Lebanese revolution tell us about photojournalistic ethics

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

Ryan Debolski spotlights the effects of immigration and globalisation in Oman

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

Aline Deschamps documents the “beauty, creativity and strength” of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Exhibition: New photography show offers an alternative side of Israel and Palestine

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

This typeface answers a key question: What if Indian typography refused to play ‘catch-up’ with the west?

“I like to slap my audience or shock them”: Iranian documentary photographer Shayan Sajadian

Swans, Lamborghinis, Indian luxury and Wild Wild Country inform Futur Neue’s new font

Istanbul-based design studio's identity to accompany the Architecture Biennale

Mohamad Abdouni records the untold stories of trans women living in Beirut

Matteo Berton's considered illustrations of a Nazi raid on a Jewish community

Photographer Karolina Gembara on her solemn yet beautiful seven-year journey in Delhi

Christabel Forbes depicts the community, colours and bustle of Modinagar, India

Photography: Mexico, India and Morocco through the eyes of photographer Mowgli

“When you live in a place like Lebanon, you have a mission”: Meet the fearless director Jessy Moussallem

Alexandra Rose Howland discusses her impactful new book compiling images shot and collected in Iraq over four years

Hala Al-Ani documents Dubai's pick and mix architecture with real flair

Nicolas Boyer documents an often overlooked side to Iran

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

Istanbul’s impossibly colourful minimalist architecture, shot by Yener Torun

Grégory Michenaud’s ongoing project sees him explore identity in a Hasidic Jewish community

Glorianna Ximendaz uses archive photography, digital imagery and text messages to immortalise Palestine

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

Union is a new magazine spotlighting artists from Palestine and the diaspora

Inside the Palestinian Sound Archive: preserving the audiovisual legacy of Palestine, one record at a time

In northern India, Bharat Sikka photographs the Khasi people’s deep understanding of nature

Hanna Karraby’s narrative-driven designs delve into her experience as part of the Iranian American diaspora

Even after the loss of his eyesight, Indian artist Benode Behari Mukherjee continued to inspire generations of creativity

The View from Mumbai: three projects honouring and innovating with Indian street typography

Hark1karan’s documentation of the Indian Farmers’ Protest shows the multifaceted nature of activism

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

Brown Brit traces the life of an Indian mother through an assemblage of VHS tapes

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

A city of contradictions: meet the people shaping Beirut's creative future

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

Impressive Iraq speeches project from new German publishers Cake

Peter Schlesinger documents the architecture and culture of Yemen during the 1970s

Graphic designer Nawal Arafat on creating space for Palestinian voices within art and design

Arghavan Khosravi on her fruitful yet uncertain journey as an Iranian painter