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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Publication
2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Project
2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Motion
2022Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
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2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
Identity
2022Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
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2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Poster
2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Project
2013Introducing: Irish illustrator and creative demon-wrestler Stephen Maurice Graham
2013
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2014Offset 2014: On three terrific days at Dublin's creative conference
2014
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Project
2015Dublin's OFFSET festival reveals first speakers (and they're brilliant!)
2015
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Publication
2014Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
Project
2018Timothy Sean O'Connell photographs Ireland through the eyes of a first generation Irish American
2018
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
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2013Graphic Design: Tatabi Studio brand Irish cosmetics company with flair
2013
Project
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
Project
2017Friday Mixtape: Club Céilí spins surprise gems from Ireland for St. Patrick's day
2017
Identity
2019Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
Project
2014Offset 2014: Come see an amazing line-up (and us) in Dublin
2014
Publication
2020We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
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2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Project
2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Project
2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Project
2012Irish illustrator Denise Nestor has a real skill for pencil-based portraiture
2012
Project
2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Photograph
2020How Luis Alberto Rodriguez ended up photographing the communities of Ireland’s County Wexford
2020
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Project
2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Publication
2022Tradition and technology combine in a book of fully AI-generated Irish poems and imagery
2022
Motion
2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
Project
2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Project
2014Alternative Ireland explored in photographs of New Line community
2014
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Project
2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Publication
2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
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
Project
2013Stephen Graham steps up in style with some great illustrations on the future of Dublin
2013
Poster
2017New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages
2017
Project
2017Cinematic portraits by Irish painter Peter Doyle
2017
Project
2014Photography: Janna Ireland's unexpectedly spooky shots of Hollywood
2014
Project
2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
Project
2017Scott Gallagher photographs the youth of marching bands in Northern Ireland
2017
Project
2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
Project
2015Irish Makers & Brothers redefine what a souvenir is in their latest project
2015
Identity
2025Fantasy Island shows Ireland from 70 photographers’ alternative perspectives
2025
Project
2018Photographer Ellius Grace captures the ghostly churches of Ireland and the figures that haunt them
2018
Project
2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
Project
2021What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Poster
2021From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold
2021
Project
2012Jamie Young's stunning photographs document the water towers of Ireland
2012
Typeface
2016Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books
2016
Project
2020Shane Lynam’s latest project looks at Dublin through a unique lens
2020
Project
2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Project
2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Publication
2025Craic Magazine is an anarchistic, tongue-in-cheek ode to Northern Ireland
2025
Publication
2022Hussein 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
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2021Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
Project
2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Poster
2014Superb monochrome posters from young Irish designer Ronan Kelly
2014
Motion
2016Mattress Men: a new film tells the tale of Dublin's local hero Mattress Mick
2016
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
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2015OFFSET 2015 is just days away and we can't wait to head to Dublin!
2015
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2025Emi O’Connell retraces her grandmother’s escape from a mother and baby home in Ireland
2025
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012
Project
2013One Month Off by Bloc Party is a belting way to introduce Dublin's brilliant D.A.D.D.Y
2013