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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Publication
2018NB Studio push the decorative limits of typography for African food start-up Jambo!
2018
Project
2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Project
2019Join Cachetejack and Dropbox for a collaborative workshop at OFFF Barcelona
2019
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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes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
Identity
2020Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960
2020
Project
2016Barcelona-based illustrator Nicolás Valencia’s intimate depictions of voluptuous forms
2016
Project
2015Smart, cute GIFs from Barcelona-based illustrator Luis Mazón
2015
Project
2015Tasty record sleeves from Barcelona's own Arnau Pi
2015
Motion
2017African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata
2017
Project
2015There's a great line-up for the Internet Age Media Weekend in Barcelona
2015
Project
2014Etnia Barcelona's new eyewear range inspired by the floral world
2014
Project
2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Project
2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
Garment
2013Fashion: Photographer Koen Hauser pays tribute to Africa's textile design
2013
Motion
2022Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
Project
2019Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth
2019
Photograph
2002Parkview Square from Arab Street
2002
Photograph
1930130 Cementiri del Poblenou (Barcelona), el Petó de la Mort
1930
Project
2026Spark 2026 puts creative production front and centre at ISE Barcelona
2026
Project
2012The brilliant Barcelona studio Forma & Co in our first ABSOLUT Network showcase
2012
Project
2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Identity
2015A neat, malleable identity by Barcelona-based designer Gerard Marin
2015
Project
2009George Butler in Africa
2009
Project
2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
Object
1850Horn
1850
Object
1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
1800
Object
1875Zanze
1875
Photograph
1955Gala Dinner for the Asian-African Conference in Savoy Homann Hotel, Bandung, on April 19th 1955
1955
Object
1701Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
Photograph
Broadwindsor (395169268)
Photograph
Durban - Victoria Mansions 124 Victoria Embankment - S29.51.757 E31.01.303 - SAHRA ID - New
Photograph
Metropole Hotel (395169276)
Photograph
Victoria Court (395152584)
Photograph
Cine Africa (391901922)
Photograph
Jubilee Gardens (395152579)
Photograph
Manhattan Court (395169273)
Photograph
Mullers Optometrist - Longmarket Street
Photograph
1934Port Elizabeth CBD postcard
1934
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 031
Photograph
Wilern Court (395152583)
Photograph
Port Elizabeth Library, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (19889607574)
Photograph
De Waterkant 47
Photograph
Augustines Corner (395152574)
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 032
Photograph
Broadwindsor Birds (395152577)
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (01)
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (02)
Photograph
Family Photo of the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
Photograph
Joko Widodo speaks to Asian–African delegates at the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Photograph
Cape Town (354265537)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764891)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763602)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265085)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764622)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763763)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264264)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929665)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265930)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266244)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764762)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765226)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266774)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929262)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266530)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929093)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763953)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764495)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764171)
Photograph
Cape Town (354244029)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765557)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264629)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764339)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764046)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765097)
Photograph
Old Arab Bank building Amman
Photograph
The Bangui City
Photograph
Bangui city
Photograph
The Bangui City 2
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
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1998)
1871
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1999)
1871
Object
1875Guenbri
1875
Object
1875Rebab
1875
Object
1701Spear
1701
Object
1875Gumuri
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
1100Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
Ceramic
900Ewer with Arabic Proverb, "Devotion Fortifies Action"
900
Object
1600Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
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
2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
Project
2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
Project
2014Introducing: Barcelona-based studio Querida tell us about their working day
2014
Project
2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Project
2018"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa
2018
Project
2012David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports
2012
Project
2012Super colourful new furniture set from Barcelona's lagranja design
2012
Garment
2011Vivienne Westwood: Ethical Fashion Africa
2011
Publication
2018Nice Magazine nurtures and honestly represents young talent from the African continent
2018
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
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
Poster
1963No arms for South Africa — British anti-apartheid poster
1963
Project
2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Map
1953Northwest Africa. Northeast Africa.
1953
Project
2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
Project
2014Marc Morro swaps Barcelona for London as part of Timberland campaign
2014
Publication
Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript
Map
1953Central and South Africa. Madagascar.
1953
Motion
2018Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video
2018
Project
2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
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
Poster
2025Wiki loves Africa in the Hausa Community online training session
2025
Map
1953Central and West Africa. South and East Africa.
1953
Project
2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
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
Poster
1899England and the war in South Africa — German poster
1899
Identity
2020“Effort, hard work and perseverance”: N-E on its new identity for Design Market Barcelona
2020
Project
2020How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide
2020
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
Poster
1936We will win for the global proletariat! — Catalan poster from the Spanish Civil War
1936
Project
2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
Project
2013Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent
2013
Project
2012OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue
2012
Project
2013South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images
2013
Project
2012Woo! Pencil mountains! Crisp graphic design here by Barcelona's very own Roseta y Oihana
2012
Poster
2020The African Queen (1952 US poster)
2020
Identity
2010South Africa World Cup Logo
2010
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
2017Alice Mann photographs African men from London's La Sape
2017
Publication
2019For its third issue Nice Magazine pays tribute to the South African township of Katlehong
2019
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
Motion
2017Pablo Di Prima and Ruth Ossai's film Ogbomgbom is an ode to West African "Kings"
2017
Poster
2015Imperial Airways Poster Africa (19482265491)
2015
Map
1595Western Africa. Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo & Angole ....
1595
Motion
2014Film: Guinness film follows inspiring group of African dandies, The Sapeurs
2014
Identity
2021Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo
2021
Poster
1963By the union of Arabs — Algerian poster
1963
Poster
South Africa 1974 Dec. - Alfred Eisenstaedt
Poster
1971British Arms will make a great contribution to South Africa's way of life — British anti-apartheid poster
1971
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
2013Photography: Jose Porroche finds undiscovered gems on the beaches and streets of Barcelona
2013
Poster
1965Drive old and new colonialists out of Africa! — Chinese poster
1965
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Thinker
Manuel Castells
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
Project
2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016
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
2015Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva
2015
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
Project
2024Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre
2024
Project
2013Opinion: Away from Design Indaba, South Africa's graphics tell a tense story
2013
Project
2024Iconic jerseys and grassroots spirit: Victor Edeh captures football fever during the Africa Cup of Nations
2024
Identity
2015Jorge León's impressively coherent identity for a Barcelona skate shop
2015
Project
2012Introducing...The ultra-bold African supergraphics of illustrator Lynnie Zulu
2012
Project
2019Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa
2019
Poster
1760Teapot with Allegorical Scenes of "Africa" and "America"
1760
Project
2022Marie Gomis-Trezise explains how Nataal grew to become the premier platform for African creative talent
2022
Project
2022“Skateboarding feels a lot like therapy”: Karabo Mooki shares stories of South Africa’s all-female skate group, Island Gals
2022
Project
2019The Hayward shines a light on South Africa’s born-free generation
2019
Map
18142D: No.11. Road of Salo. No. 12. Port of Barcelona. No. 15. Bay of Roses. No.16. Cadaquie
1814
Project
2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
Project
2007Daniel Eskils / I'm From Barcelona
2007
Project
2014Miscellaneous: We explored Barcelona's creative scene and it was bloody brilliant
2014
Project
2022Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa
2022
Project
2015A charming portrait of Barcelona's 77-year-old matchday announcer
2015
Map
1953Northwest Africa.
1953
Map
1570Text: Africa 4
1570
Poster
2025Poster - Barcelona Exposición Nacional de Industrias Artí-sticas, 1892 (54351834291)
2025
Poster
2015PanAm Africa Map Poster (19290380538)
2015
Poster
20241936 Fritz Lewy Plakat Olimpiada Popular Barcelona Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch
2024
Poster
2025Poster - Barcelona Exposicion Nacional de Industrias Artisticas y Artes Decorativas', 1892 (54352241135)
2025
Poster
2014Exhibition: Hey Studio show off their poster archive at a new show in Barcelona
2014
Project
2011What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
Project
2021What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Project
2022Sianeh A. Kpukuyou’s sun-kissed portfolio celebrates “Dark skin and African stories”
2022
Poster
2021From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold
2021
Identity
2025Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in colour
2025
Identity
2025Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in black
2025
Poster
2023WWII Arabic Poster Boeing B-29 Superfortress
2023
Identity
2025Wikiversity logo Arabic vertical in black
2025
Identity
2025Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in colour
2025
Identity
2025Wikiquote logo Arabic horizontal in colour
2025
Identity
2025Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in white
2025
Identity
2025Wikivoyage logo Arabic horizontal in white
2025