Substrate

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

1,133 works match

Photography: Giles Duley profiles Syrian refugees in a simple, heartbreaking way

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Giles Duley's unseen photos of the vulnerable victims of the war in Syria

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Nadia Hernandez’s collage works display Venezuelan folklore and a charming tactility

Playful gifs with a surreal slant from Venezuelan illustrator Igor Bastidas

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

Photographer John Laurie explores sports culture in Uzbekistan

Parkview Square from Arab Street

Sofia Macher Batanero, miembro de la Misión Internacional Independiente de Determinación de los Hechos sobre la República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Retrato Sofia Macher Batanero, miembro de la Misión Internacional Independiente de Determinación de los Hechos sobre la República Bolivariana de Venezuela (cropped)

Alex Neve, miembro de la Misión de Determinación de Hechos sobre la República Bolivariana de Venezuela

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Tsiitsiito (rattle)

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Silco Building, Caracas, Venezuela

Old Arab Bank building Amman

Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt

Hanging

Pendant, One of a Pair

"Zulaikha Seizing the Skirt of Joseph's Robe", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Hanging

Hair Ornament [or Plait Ornament]

Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di

Tile from a Squinch

"Interior Reception", Folio 36r from a Bustan of Sa`di

Kaftan

Tile Fragment

Bowl

Amulet Case, One of a Pair

Tile Fragment

Tile Fragment

Carpet fragment

Bowl with Arabic Proverb

Earring, One of a Pair

Kaftan

Fragment of Cover

Tile Fragment

Dish

Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)

Boots

Architectural Tile with Partial Inscription

Hair Ornament [or Plait Ornament]

Tile Fragment

Tile Fragment

Hanging

Portrait of Muhammad Khan Shaibani, the Uzbek (d.1510)

Tile Decorated with Entrelacs Pattern Based on Octagons

Cover

Textile Fragment

Tile Fragment

Tile Fragment

Cover

Hair Ornament [or Plait Ornament]

Ornament, One of a Pair

Amulet Case, One of a Pair

Tile Fragment

Dish

Fragment of Cover

Tile Fragment

Fragment of Cover

Head Ornament

Carpet

Bowl with Pseudo-Inscriptional Design

"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Ensemble

"Yusuf Tending the Flocks", Folio of a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Bowl Decorated in the 'Beveled Style'

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

Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"

Textile Fragment

Tile Fragment

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

Ensemble

Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami

Tile Fragment

Tile Fragment

Čartār

Section from a Qur'an Manuscript