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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2024The View From Lagos: inside Nigeria’s blooming skateboard communities
2024
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2019Shot in Nigeria, Elena Heatherwick's photographic story for the IRC is one of tragedy and resilience
2019
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
Poster
2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
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2023Dennis Osadebe’s character-driven paintings tell a story of his Nigerian heritage
2023
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2015Beautiful new project documenting Nigerian style by Nina Manandhar
2015
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Motion
2017We speak to the three creatives behind a Nigerian-focused editorial and film for Kenzo
2017
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Publication
2014Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
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2019Lakin Ogunbanwo’s bridal portraits reflect the diversity of Nigerian traditions
2019
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Publication
2020Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia
2020
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Motion
2025Sherif Apampa’s sensitive design practice tackles “Nigerian culture, boyhood and innocence”
2025
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2013Photography: Extraordinary photojournalism from Nigerian-born George Osodi
2013
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2024The View From Lagos: The queer Nigerian artists risking everything to amplify LGBTQ+ voices
2024
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Garment
2018Photographer Richard Kovacs uses experimental lighting to showcase Lagos' fashion scene
2018
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Motion
2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2021In figurative and dynamic paintings, Peter Uka depicts the scenes of his childhood in Nigeria
2021
Poster
2017New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages
2017
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2024Marcellina Akpojotor amplifies family history in fabric-filled paintings of Nigerian domestic life
2024
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2021Photographer Adedamola Odetara is working hard to document the LGBTQIA+ community in Lagos
2021
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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
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2020Oli Hillyer-Riley documents a close knit, and under-threat, surfing community in Nigeria
2020
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2021“I try to show them a different narrative of what a Nigerian is”: Valerie Etitinwo on deconstructing stereotypes
2021
Poster
2023Modupe Lamikanra draws from her Nigerian heritage to create dynamic and accessible design
2023
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
Typeface
2016Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books
2016
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2014George Osodi documents the monarchs of Nigeria
2014
Publication
2025Meet the Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography
2025
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2024Album Cover Bank traces over 70 years of Nigeria’s album design and visual culture
2024
Publication
2022Explore the legendary Festac '77 in Nigeria with Marilyn Nance's beautiful new photobook
2022
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2017“Gentrification in reverse”: Lorenzo Vitturi’s photographs of a market in Lagos
2017
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2020Danielle Mbonu on bringing fun to shoots and making sure Nigeria has more female directors
2020
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2025The furniture designers centring Nigerian cultural symbols
2025
Motion
2017Akinola Davies on his film for Kenzo, celebrating Nigerian traditions and culture
2017
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012
Identity
2017Photographer Ruth Ossai celebrates “beautiful, effortless, powerful” Nigerian identity
2017
Motion
2022Rubee Samuel’s photobook Omo Nigeria explores the Londoner’s emotional ties to West Africa
2022