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Identity
2012
Beautifully simple identity work from Danish designer Camilla Bengtsen
2012
Publication
2022
Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Project
2016
The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Project
2014
Olafur Eliasson installs gigantic riverbed in Danish museum
2014
Project
2013
Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Motion
2022
Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
Project
2021
The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Identity
2022
Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
Project
2013
Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Project
2013
Bold funnies and elderly Slayer fans from Denmark's very own HuskMitNavn
2013
Project
2012
Designbolaget is Denmark's best kept design secret, and it's wonderful
2012
Publication
2020
Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Identity
2026
Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Identity
2014
Superb identity for arts studio Vest by Danish agency Ineo Designlab
2014
Identity
2015
Alexander Kuliev’s proposed identity for Denmark’s largest harbour festival
2015
Project
2018
Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Project
2012
Introducing... The meticulous portfolio of Danish designer Andreas Engelbreckt
2012
Identity
2026
Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Identity
2019
Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
Publication
2020
We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
Project
2022
Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Project
2020
Felix von der Osten looks at the central role that pork plays in Danish society
2020
Motion
2026
James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Project
2015
Beautiful and unusual art direction by Osma Harvilahi for Danish design brand
2015
Project
2016
Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Project
2015
Danish studio Homework’s stunning monograph for Fisherspooner
2015
Project
2012
Beautifully bewildering floral photographs from Swiss/Danish artists Putput, and an ice-cream treat to boot
2012
Publication
2026
Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Project
2013
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Publication
2019
Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
Project
2017
Clara von Zweigbergk talks us through her art direction for Danish brand Hay
2017
Project
2019
Kontrapunkt's type designers talk us through its design for Copenhagen's in-train displays
2019
Publication
2024
The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Project
2012
Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Project
2012
Icelandic/Danish architects KRADS complete the American inspired Stöðin panaromic drive-in
2012
Project
2013
Graphic Design: Hvass and Hannibal make Copenhagen's library fun for kids
2013
Project
2015
Denmark-born Dan Solbach’s simple but mindful designs
2015
Project
2021
What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Project
2016
Casper Balslev shows ballerinas wielding AK-47s in his ad for the Royal Danish Theatre
2016
Poster
2021
From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold
2021
Project
2016
Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Project
2015
Danish illustrator Rune Fisker’s clean, windswept surrealism
2015
Publication
2022
Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
Publication
2024
“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
Project
2021
Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
Project
2018
Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Project
2014
Illustration: Ville Savimaa creates a fantastical wonderland for a Copenhagen theme park
2014
Identity
2014
Graphic Design: Designbolaget's fantastic identity for the National Gallery of Denmark
2014
Identity
2021
Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Identity
2024
Astrae Studio brings a touch of supermarket fun to its sophisticated identity for Danish concept store, Grocery
2024
Project
2014
Danish designer Casper Heijkenskjöld's rather wonderful design portfolio
2014