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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2012Rafael Rozendaal's work projected onto the world's biggest LED screen in Seoul
2012
Project
2018Andrés Gallardo Albajar's Korean Schooling captures the pastel-hued perfection of South Korean school buildings
2018
Publication
2018NB Studio push the decorative limits of typography for African food start-up Jambo!
2018
Identity
2020Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960
2020
Project
2018Nicholas Bonner shares his collection of North Korean graphics collected since 1993
2018
Poster
2015Fresh, vibrant poster work from South Korean designer Soojin Lee
2015
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2012Dave Prosser treats us to a beautiful snapshot of South Korean life in Mountain
2012
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2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Motion
2017African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata
2017
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2016Seoul-based illustrator Yeon Ji Kang's beautifully thick-limbed ballerinas
2016
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2017Two new projects from Korean-French publisher Animal Press
2017
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2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
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2016Seoul-based Sujin’s illustrations depict sassy ladies with a cool attitude
2016
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2020Min Hyun-woo visits Korean villages to photograph the wit and wisdom of grandmothers
2020
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2019Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth
2019
Identity
2019Sean Alexander Geraghty talks identity and traditions with Cuba’s diminishing Chinese population
2019
Garment
2013Fashion: Photographer Koen Hauser pays tribute to Africa's textile design
2013
Publication
2017Explore North Korean graphic ephemera in Phaidon’s new book
2017
Motion
2016Filmmaker Maceo Frost captures the formidable Cuban boxer Namibia with rhythmic flair
2016
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2009George Butler in Africa
2009
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2021From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice
2021
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2024The View from Seoul: Korean designers studying abroad have paved the way for a new generation
2024
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2017Tria Giovan’s thoughtful portrait of Cuba in the 1990s
2017
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2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
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2012Really nice diploma design from Korean wizard Kyuhyung Cho
2012
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2019Mary Perez documents Korean megachurches in an attempt to explore her own religious beliefs
2019
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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
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2016Photographer Philippe Chancel captures North Korea’s intensely choreographed ceremonies
2016
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2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
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2018"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa
2018
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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
Project
2019Seoul-based artist Dahye Choi gets inspired by “old spaces” and “ordinary things”
2019
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2019Seoul-based design studio Press Room explores meaning through the physical
2019
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2022Seoul-based Bowyer studio connects small shapes to form a big picture, inspired by Buddhist philosophy
2022
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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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2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
Project
2019Dal Park animates the cultural differences between herself and her Korean grandmother
2019
Poster
2019Clarity of concept is at the heart of Seoul-based graphic designer Son Ayong’s posters
2019
Project
2015Fantastic work from young South Korean designer Kyuho Kim
2015
Motion
2018Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video
2018
Identity
2019Rodrigo Sombra’s four-year project explores Cuba's shifting identity as the island opens up to the world
2019
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2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
Poster
2014Graphic Design: Incredible Cuban propaganda posters from OSPAAAL
2014
Project
2023Hair how-tos and curious chairs: The best projects from Seoul Design festival
2023
Publication
2013Graphic Design: gu&em studio produce some of Seoul's nicest artist books
2013
Project
2012Young Korean designer Luna Seo makes the mundane magical
2012
Project
2016A rare photographic insight into the everyday lives of the people of North Korea
2016
Project
2015Seoul's Bohuy Kim is pumping out bold graphic design
2015
Project
2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
Project
2014Photography: Catherine Losing and Anna Lomax celebrate Cuban shop windows
2014
Project
2014Korean studio fnt produce wonderfully simple printed matter
2014
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2016Photographer Carlos Jaramillo captures the pigeon racers of Cuba
2016
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2012Seoul-based studio fnt have a particularly clean and consistent body of work
2012
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2017Seoul-based Shrimp Chung’s dynamic designs are bright and full of impact
2017
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2019Designing for all aspects of Korean culture: the multi-talented Everyday Practice
2019
Project
2020How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide
2020
Poster
2015Seoul-based studio Chung Choon applies an elegance and simplicity to its posters
2015
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
2020How materialism affects a woman’s lifestyle according to Korean illustrator and artist Leebin Soyeon
2020
Publication
2015South Korean designer Haein Song on the craft of bookbinding
2015
Project
2020Relax and unwind in the hazy land of Korean illustrator Jeong Suji
2020
Project
2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
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2012OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue
2012
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2013South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images
2013
Project
2022Gabriel Sanchez paints the strength, hope and vulnerability of Cuban youth
2022
Project
2016South Korea-based animator Yoodowon’s lighthearted salute to the household blind
2016
Identity
2010South Africa World Cup Logo
2010
Poster
2024The View From Seoul: Korean poster design has a unique visual language – so why is it disappearing?
2024
Project
2021Yoojin Ahn crafts cute and sentimental illustrations inspired by daily life in Seoul
2021
Project
2021In South Korea, Triangle Studios is a one-man design powerhouse
2021
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2017Alice Mann photographs African men from London's La Sape
2017
Project
2023New exhibition sheds light on Korea’s most exciting artists and galleries
2023
Publication
2019For its third issue Nice Magazine pays tribute to the South African township of Katlehong
2019
Project
2019From South Korea, Ghana to Berlin, Alexander Beer captures the people of the world
2019
Project
2017Seoul studio Everyday Practice talks about its collaborative approach to design
2017
Project
2009The Backdrop at The Mass Games in North Korea
2009
Project
2018A photographic series documenting the Korean communities of Mexico and Cuba
2018
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
2017Thomas Pratt photographs youth and music in Santiago de Cuba
2017
Project
2018Little Pyongyang asks you to "leave behind everything you think you know" about North Korea
2018
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
Project
2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Motion
2015Ordinary People’s bubbly identity for a Seoul film festival
2015
Project
2013Ji Yeo's stirring project photographs the plastic surgery obsession in Korea
2013
Project
2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016
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2021“I had the chance to open the doors a little”: Stephan Gladieu photographs the people of North Korea
2021
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2015Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva
2015
Project
2024Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre
2024
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2017Photographer Joshua Osborne takes a closer look at Havana’s male subcultures
2017
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2018Matthew Connors examines the realities of North Korea, challenging its kitschy visual tropes
2018
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2023America Fever: Emanuel Hahn’s fantastical reimagination of Korean immigration history
2023
Project
2013Opinion: Away from Design Indaba, South Africa's graphics tell a tense story
2013
Motion
2023El Cartel Cubano: how Cuba’s revolution-era political posters transformed film poster design forever
2023
Project
2024Iconic jerseys and grassroots spirit: Victor Edeh captures football fever during the Africa Cup of Nations
2024
Publication
2015Design with Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters explored in new book
2015
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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
2018Olivia Schenker documents sexual freedom in Cuban LGBTQ+ communities
2018
Project
2022Marie Gomis-Trezise explains how Nataal grew to become the premier platform for African creative talent
2022
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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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2013Olly Burn documents a beautifully dilapidated symbol of hope in Cuba
2013
Project
2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
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2019South Korean illustrator Jisu Choi draws her material desires
2019
Project
2017Globe-trotting photographer Théo de Gueltzl's view of Cuba
2017
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2013The Weekender smashes into Friday with high wires, Korea and Barbara Streisand
2013
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2022Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa
2022
Project
2017Régis Tosetti and François Rappo tell us about Havana's design scene in 2017
2017
Project
2019Guannan Li captures Korean shamans, disappearing coastlines and artist’s utopias in her nomadic photography
2019
Project
2015Ordinary People, extraordinary work. We chat to the Seoul-based studio
2015
Project
2011What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
Project
2012How's about some beautiful Korean graphic design? Sulki & Min have got it covered
2012
Publication
2013New book from Gestalten mirrors the public spaces of North and South Korea
2013
Project
2022Sianeh A. Kpukuyou’s sun-kissed portfolio celebrates “Dark skin and African stories”
2022
Identity
2017Studio Fnt creates a bright, typographic identity for Seoul-based art exhibition
2017
Project
2012Byzantine landscapes in brilliant detail from South Africa-based illustrator Jean de Wet
2012
Project
2025The unique design strategies shaping solo living in Seoul
2025
Project
2020Avoiding clichés, Sophie Wedgwood turns her lens on Havana
2020
Project
2017Nils Clauss gives a voice to Seoul’s shop mannequins in Plastic Girls
2017
Publication
2025Meet the Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography
2025
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2019Jaemin Lee's juxtaposing design explores 60s Korean architecture and the state
2019
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2020Matt Kuleusz on what it’s like to photograph the “human side” of North Korea
2020
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2018Alexander Mourant's photographs trace a road-trip he took down the length of Africa
2018
Motion
2012Universal Everything produce interesting videos for huge South Korea installation
2012
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2017Photographer Fabrice Monteiro's fear-inducing prophecy of west Africa's future
2017
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2015Brad Ogbonna's photography captures the colour and spirit of Cuba
2015
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2011Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
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2017An animated story of survival during apartheid in South Africa
2017
Motion
2019An exclusive look at Joshua Gordon’s heartfelt story of Havana’s trans women
2019
Project
2013Korean photographer Momomi will take you back to bed with her dreamy shots
2013
Motion
2013Lovely-looking teaser video promotes Diesel and Edun's Studio Africa collaboration
2013
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2016June Korea’s photographic fantasy: one man’s relationship with his sex doll
2016
Publication
2020This book tells the story of club music across ten cities in Africa and Europe
2020
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2016Tiziana Jill Beck illustrates her time in South Korea through doodle-like drawings
2016
Project
2015More awesome and playful work from Korean designer Kyuhyung Cho
2015
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
Project
2016Inside the world of West African barbershops with Andrew Esiebo
2016
Publication
2018Google Fonts Korean becomes interactive by manipulating path data
2018
Project
2025How small studios stay independent in Korea
2025
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2019Jump Ball celebrates the relationship between basketball and the African diaspora
2019
Project
2018Thom Pierce on using photography to amplify the protests of a rural South African community
2018
Motion
2015The beautiful film poster designs of post-revolutionary Cuba
2015
Project
2018From North Korea to Galicia via the digital world: the trip that was February's Nicer Tuesdays
2018
Project
2017Rosanna Webster and Phoebe Henry’s cinematic portrait of Cuba
2017
Project
2017Photographer Rose Marie Cromwell's unconventional look at Havana
2017
Garment
2013Fashion: KISUA collaborates with African designers to create some truly remarkable clothing
2013
Project
2018Eddie Wrey photographs the women of West African market Adjamé
2018
Project
2018Seung-Gu Kim creates Lowry-style photographs of South Korean holidays
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