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

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

Illustration: Swedish illustrator Klara Persson has charm in no small dose

More excellent work from unstoppable Swedish illustrator Sara Andreasson

Stockholm Design Week 2012: Never Mind the Object

Bright, polished and inventive graphic design from Swedish agency Ritator

Product Design: Swedish student's system to pay at shops by using vein scanning!

Illustrators! Take inspiration from these magnificent 1930s Swedish posters

Swedish design studio Amanda & Erik avoid the tropes of minimalist, Scandinavian design in their practice

Qur'an

Museum of Radio, Pereslavl-Zalessky - Regentone Twin-Tone radio with record player, Sweden (18813350901)

Bi-folium from a Qur'an Manuscript

Textile Fragment

Textile Fragment

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Section of a Qur'an Manuscript

Miniature Qur'an and Qur'an Case

Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)

Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"

A Manuscript of Five Sections of a Qur'an

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript

Fragment of a Qur'an

Shield

Qur'an Manuscript

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Girdle Clasp

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Pendant

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Textile Fragment with Double-Headed Eagles

Ring

Ring

Carpet with Pseudo-Kufic Inscriptions

Qur'an Manuscript

"Prophet Muhammad Preaching", Folio from a Maqtal-i Al-i Rasul of Lami'i Chelebi

Bifolium from a Qur'an

Tripod Candlestick

"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Lidded Box of Muhammad al-Hamawi, Timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

Vase with Five Discs

Mamluk Philae Dish

"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Jar

Three-Footed Bowl

Candlestick Base with Interlacing Dragons

Fragmentary Plate with Engraved Designs

"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Goblet with Incised Designs

"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Glazed Tiles with Kufic Inscription

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Bottle

Textile Medallion

Ewer

Ewer

Pendant

Jar

Ewer

Roundel

Section of a Qur'an

Ewer

Ewer

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript with Verses from the Surat al-Maryam

Flask

Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Cup

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ewer Inscribed with "al-'izz" ("Glory") in Floriated Kufic on its Neck

Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript