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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Project
2016Barcelona-based illustrator Nicolás Valencia’s intimate depictions of voluptuous forms
2016
Publication
2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Project
2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Project
2019Join Cachetejack and Dropbox for a collaborative workshop at OFFF Barcelona
2019
Project
2015Smart, cute GIFs from Barcelona-based illustrator Luis Mazón
2015
Project
2015Tasty record sleeves from Barcelona's own Arnau Pi
2015
Project
2012Director Jerry Rothwell on Ethiopia's very small town that's big on producing world-class runners
2012
Project
2014Etnia Barcelona's new eyewear range inspired by the floral world
2014
Project
2015There's a great line-up for the Internet Age Media Weekend in Barcelona
2015
Project
2025Years in the making, Juan Brenner’s Genesis is an archive of life in the Guatemalan Highlands
2025
Project
2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Motion
2022Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
Photograph
1930130 Cementiri del Poblenou (Barcelona), el Petó de la Mort
1930
Photograph
2002Parkview Square from Arab Street
2002
Project
2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Project
2012The brilliant Barcelona studio Forma & Co in our first ABSOLUT Network showcase
2012
Identity
2015A neat, malleable identity by Barcelona-based designer Gerard Marin
2015
Project
2026Spark 2026 puts creative production front and centre at ISE Barcelona
2026
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
410Mirror-bearer
410
Ceramic
400Bowl with Pouring Lip
400
Ceramic
700Jar, Ritual Scenes
700
Object
400Ornament
400
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
Object
1801Coc
1801
Ceramic
475Cylindrical Vessel
475
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
Pendant
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
Fragment of Hatchet
Object
1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
500Vessel, Seated Deities
500
Object
400Deity Head Pendant
400
Object
575Pendant with Seated Lord
575
Object
1200Celt-Form Pendant
1200
Ceramic
600Vessel with throne scene
600
Ceramic
500Bowl
500
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
Cloth
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
Object
1200Celt-Form Pendant
1200
Object
1200Chisel
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
200Head Pendant
200
Drawing
600Plate with the god Chahk
600
Object
1801Flute
1801
Object
Ornament
Ceramic
100Cylindrical Vessel
100
Object
Cloth
Ceramic
600Bowl
600
Object
200Pair of earflare frontals
200
Object
1200Blade
1200
Object
Hatchet
Ceramic
100Cylindrical Vessel
100
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Polishing Stone (?)
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
600Ornament in the shape of a mammal
600
Ceramic
700Cylinder Vessel
700
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
200Ornament
200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1785Calvary
1785
Object
Cloth
Ceramic
300Censer with seated king
300
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
Ancient worked fragment
Object
770Relief with enthroned ruler
770
Ceramic
200Tripod Bird Bowl
200
Object
1800Cloth
1800
Object
600Cylindrical Vessel
600
Ceramic
-100Cylindrical Vessel
-100
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
-50Engraved spouted jar
-50
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
350Yoke-form vessel
350
Object
1700Standing woman with a bowl on a plate from a nativity
1700
Ceramic
700Plate with trumpeter
700
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
Object
1850Drum
1850
Object
1700Kneeling woman with a basket (from a nativity)
1700
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
Ceramic
1Tetrapod Bowl
1
Object
1850Drum
1850
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1800Cloth
1800
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
Chisel
Object
1700Standing youth with dove
1700
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
800Feline head hacha
800
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1700Kneeling woman with a bowl (from a nativity)
1700
Object
Wedge-Shaped Cutting Tool
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
Cloth
Ceramic
700Bowl, Mythological Scene
700
Ceramic
400Seated Figure Censer (Incensario)
400
Object
600Bird ornament
600
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
400Whistling vessel
400
Object
1200Gouge
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
200Lidded Vessel
200
Object
1825Marimba
1825
Ceramic
700Bowl
700
Ceramic
600Vessel with Deity Figures
600
Object
1200Processional Cross
1200
Object
1800Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)
1800
Object
1700Double Diptych Icon Pendant
1700
Object
1801Bowl Lyre
1801
Object
1850Rattle
1850
Object
1650Arganonä Maryam (The Organ of Mary) prayer book
1650
Painting
1795Wall painting of the Virgin and Child with donors
1795
Object
1800Healing Scroll
1800
Object
1700Yäʿğğ mäsqäl (hand cross)
1700
Object
1480Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)
1480
Object
1700Pendant Icon: St. George, Virgin and Child Enthroned
1700
Object
1700Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab (healing scroll)
1700
Object
1200Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)
1200
Object
1852Nose Ring
1852
Object
1075Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)
1075
Object
1375Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)
1375
Object
1700Hand Cross (mäsqäl)
1700
Object
1800Healing Scroll
1800
Object
1800Healing Scroll
1800
Object
1400Processional Cross
1400
Object
1350Book of the Gospels
1350
Publication
1300Double-Sided Gospel Leaf
1300
Object
1375Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)
1375
Object
1650Icon triptych of Ewosṭatewos and eight of his disciples
1650
Object
1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
1800
Object
1300Processional Cross
1300
Object
1701Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
Photograph
Guatemalan Embassy, Buenos Aires 02
Photograph
Guatemalan Embassy, Buenos Aires 03
Photograph
Guatemalan Embassy, Buenos Aires 01
Photograph
Old Arab Bank building Amman
Drawing
1795Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt
1795
Ceramic
975Bowl with Arabic Proverb
975
Ceramic
975Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"
975
Object
1875Guenbri
1875
Object
1701Spear
1701
Object
1875Gumuri
1875
Object
1875Rebab
1875
Object
1875Guenbri
1875
Object
1850Nay
1850
Object
1501Sword with Scabbard
1501
Object
-900Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
-900
Ceramic
1100Jar with Carved Benedictory Arabic Inscription in Thuluth Script
1100
Publication
1223"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
1223
Object
1981Hilton
1981
Object
900Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
Ceramic
900Bowl with Arabic Inscription
900
Publication
1713Leaf with Arabic Prayers
1713
Object
1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Object
1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Ceramic
1000Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading "al-'izz" ("Glory")
1000
Ceramic
900Ewer with Repeated Arabic Phrase, "Blessing"
900
Object
1000Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
Object
1600Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
Ceramic
900Ewer with Arabic Proverb, "Devotion Fortifies Action"
900
Object
1100Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
Object
1200Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
Ceramic
1150Ewer with Horsemen Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes to its Owner
1150
Typeface
Canela Arabic
Typeface
Lyon Arabic
Typeface
Graphik Arabic
Identity
2009Arab Open University (logo)
2009
Poster
2019Barcelona Business of Design Week bcn design low (23747693075)
2019
Identity
2022Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
Project
2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Identity
2018Folch and Bráulio Amado's identity for Barcelona Design Week sheds light on issues of consumption
2018
Project
2017Barcelona studio Nice Shit animates Interpol’s Daniel Kessler’s music memories in this short
2017
Project
2014Introducing: Barcelona-based studio Querida tell us about their working day
2014
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Project
2012Super colourful new furniture set from Barcelona's lagranja design
2012
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Poster
2025Anís del Tigre, E. Lladó, Barcelona. poster - advertising (54242192285)
2025
Project
2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Project
2014Marc Morro swaps Barcelona for London as part of Timberland campaign
2014
Publication
Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Typeface
2015Thomas Milo Showing How to Render an Arabic Typeface Digitized
2015
Poster
2025Poster - spagna - Ajuntament de Barcelona, Exposició d'Art Primavera de 1921 (54173007860)
2025
Poster
2025Poster - Barcelona - matador (54350953487)
2025
Poster
2021Barcelona - Torn Posters by the Sea
2021
Identity
2019Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
Publication
2020We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
Project
2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Poster
2019Barcelona Business of Design Week independent design low (23747708705)
2019
Identity
2020“Effort, hard work and perseverance”: N-E on its new identity for Design Market Barcelona
2020
Poster
1936We will win for the global proletariat! — Catalan poster from the Spanish Civil War
1936
Project
2013Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent
2013
Project
2010Carl Kleiner: Ethiopia
2010
Project
2012Woo! Pencil mountains! Crisp graphic design here by Barcelona's very own Roseta y Oihana
2012
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Project
2012Beautifully tessellated stools from Spanish designers Alvaro Catalan de Ocon
2012
Identity
2014Barcelona-based P.A.R studio create neat identity for academic institution
2014
Identity
2014Verena Michelitsch's stylish identity for Barcelona-based bag brand
2014
Project
2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Project
2023Explore LABASAD Barcelona School of Arts and Design’s exceptional graphic design masters, taught entirely online
2023
Map
1525fol. 257b Coastline of Catalonia with the ports of Barcellona and Tarragona
1525
Project
2013Check out these cheeky plaster hands grifting on the streets of Barcelona
2013
Identity
2021Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo
2021
Poster
2024Meet the partner event poster for Wikimedians of Ethiopia User Group
2024
Poster
1963By the union of Arabs — Algerian poster
1963
Project
2013Photography: Jose Porroche finds undiscovered gems on the beaches and streets of Barcelona
2013
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Thinker
Manuel Castells
Project
2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Poster
2026Uncommon’s mouldy identity for Offf Barcelona is grown from biological traces of creatives
2026
Identity
2014Atlas creates beautiful identity for new Barcelona Design Museum
2014
Painting
1898Album: Arab
1898
Map
1258Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Bevölkerung. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: population).
1258
Publication
2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
Project
2012Beautiful and cleanly designed pamphlets from Barcelona-based studio Hey
2012
Publication
2024The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Project
2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Poster
2025Poster - Barcelona and The Winter City', 1909 (54350951342)
2025
Identity
2018Logo BBC Arabic
2018
Identity
2015Jorge León's impressively coherent identity for a Barcelona skate shop
2015
Map
18142D: No.11. Road of Salo. No. 12. Port of Barcelona. No. 15. Bay of Roses. No.16. Cadaquie
1814
Project
2019Juan Brenner documents the 500-year-old scars of war and colonisation in Guatemala
2019
Project
2007Daniel Eskils / I'm From Barcelona
2007
Project
2014Miscellaneous: We explored Barcelona's creative scene and it was bloody brilliant
2014
Project
2018Girma Berta authentically captures the people of Addis Ababa with an iPhone
2018