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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
280 works match
Publication
2018NB Studio push the decorative limits of typography for African food start-up Jambo!
2018
Identity
2020Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960
2020
Project
2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Motion
2017African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata
2017
Project
2025Years in the making, Juan Brenner’s Genesis is an archive of life in the Guatemalan Highlands
2025
Project
2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
Project
2019Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth
2019
Garment
2013Fashion: Photographer Koen Hauser pays tribute to Africa's textile design
2013
Project
2009George Butler in Africa
2009
Project
2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
Project
2020Alex De Mora documents the key characters of Mongolia’s booming hip-hop scene
2020
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
575Pendant with Seated Lord
575
Ceramic
600Vessel with throne scene
600
Ceramic
500Bowl
500
Object
Cloth
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
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410Mirror-bearer
410
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400Ornament
400
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1200Celt-Form Pendant
1200
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1200Chisel
1200
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1200Celt
1200
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200Head Pendant
200
Drawing
600Plate with the god Chahk
600
Object
1801Flute
1801
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Ornament
Object
200Pair of earflare frontals
200
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Hatchet
Object
1200Celt
1200
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1200Polishing Stone (?)
1200
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1200Celt
1200
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200Ornament
200
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1785Calvary
1785
Ceramic
300Censer with seated king
300
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1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
200Tripod Bird Bowl
200
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1800Cloth
1800
Object
600Cylindrical Vessel
600
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1200Celt
1200
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-50Engraved spouted jar
-50
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1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
350Yoke-form vessel
350
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1700Kneeling woman with a basket (from a nativity)
1700
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
Ceramic
1Tetrapod Bowl
1
Object
1200Celt
1200
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1200Celt
1200
Object
Chisel
Object
1700Standing youth with dove
1700
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1200Celt
1200
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1200Celt
1200
Object
1700Kneeling woman with a bowl (from a nativity)
1700
Object
Wedge-Shaped Cutting Tool
Object
1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
700Bowl, Mythological Scene
700
Ceramic
400Seated Figure Censer (Incensario)
400
Object
600Bird ornament
600
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1200Celt
1200
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1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
400Whistling vessel
400
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1200Celt
1200
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1825Marimba
1825
Ceramic
700Bowl
700
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1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
600Vessel with Deity Figures
600
Ceramic
200Lidded Vessel
200
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1200Celt
1200
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1200Gouge
1200
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Cloth
Object
1200Celt
1200
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1200Celt
1200
Object
800Feline head hacha
800
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1200Celt
1200
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1800Cloth
1800
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1850Drum
1850
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1850Drum
1850
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1200Stone Chisel
1200
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1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
700Plate with trumpeter
700
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1700Standing woman with a bowl on a plate from a nativity
1700
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1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
-100Cylindrical Vessel
-100
Object
770Relief with enthroned ruler
770
Object
Ancient worked fragment
Object
Cloth
Object
1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
700Cylinder Vessel
700
Object
600Ornament in the shape of a mammal
600
Object
1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt
1200
Ceramic
100Cylindrical Vessel
100
Object
1200Blade
1200
Ceramic
600Bowl
600
Object
Cloth
Ceramic
100Cylindrical Vessel
100
Ceramic
475Cylindrical Vessel
475
Object
1801Coc
1801
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
Ceramic
700Jar, Ritual Scenes
700
Ceramic
400Bowl with Pouring Lip
400
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1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Stone Chisel
1200
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1200Celt
1200
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1200Celt
1200
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1200Celt
1200
Object
1200Celt-Form Pendant
1200
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400Deity Head Pendant
400
Ceramic
500Vessel, Seated Deities
500
Object
Fragment of Hatchet
Object
1200Celt
1200
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1200Celt
1200
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Pendant
Object
1850Horn
1850
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1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
1800
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1875Zanze
1875
Photograph
1955Gala Dinner for the Asian-African Conference in Savoy Homann Hotel, Bandung, on April 19th 1955
1955
Photograph
Broadwindsor Birds (395152577)
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 032
Photograph
Jubilee Gardens (395152579)
Photograph
Cine Africa (391901922)
Photograph
Victoria Court (395152584)
Photograph
Mullers Optometrist - Longmarket Street
Photograph
Augustines Corner (395152574)
Photograph
Manhattan Court (395169273)
Photograph
De Waterkant 47
Photograph
Wilern Court (395152583)
Photograph
Durban - Victoria Mansions 124 Victoria Embankment - S29.51.757 E31.01.303 - SAHRA ID - New
Photograph
1934Port Elizabeth CBD postcard
1934
Photograph
Metropole Hotel (395169276)
Photograph
Port Elizabeth Library, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (19889607574)
Photograph
Broadwindsor (395169268)
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 031
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (01)
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
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (02)
Photograph
Guatemalan Embassy, Buenos Aires 03
Photograph
Guatemalan Embassy, Buenos Aires 02
Photograph
Guatemalan Embassy, Buenos Aires 01
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Photograph
Cape Town (354244029)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765226)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266244)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265930)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264264)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929262)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763763)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763602)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765557)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764622)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764891)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929665)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764046)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929093)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765097)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265085)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764339)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264629)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266774)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763953)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266530)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764495)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764762)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265537)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764171)
Photograph
The Bangui City 2
Photograph
The Bangui City
Photograph
Bangui city
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1999)
1871
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1998)
1871
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
2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
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
Garment
2011Vivienne Westwood: Ethical Fashion Africa
2011
Publication
2018Nice Magazine nurtures and honestly represents young talent from the African continent
2018
Poster
2009Mongol i middle2
2009
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
Map
1953Northwest Africa. Northeast Africa.
1953
Project
2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
Map
1953Central and South Africa. Madagascar.
1953
Project
2016Sean and Seng travelled to Mongolia to shoot for Arena Homme+
2016
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
Project
2017Kerry Dean photographs 12 years of “chance encounters” in Mongolia
2017
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
Poster
1899England and the war in South Africa — German poster
1899
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
Project
2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
Project
2012OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue
2012
Project
2013South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images
2013
Poster
2020The African Queen (1952 US poster)
2020
Identity
2010South Africa World Cup Logo
2010
Project
2017Catherine Hyland explores the vast, yet eerily barren tourist destinations of China and Mongolia
2017
Map
1833East Siberia. Mongolia. Manchuria.
1833
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
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
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
Poster
1965Drive old and new colonialists out of Africa! — Chinese poster
1965
Project
2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016
Project
2015Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva
2015
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
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
Project
2019Juan Brenner documents the 500-year-old scars of war and colonisation in Guatemala
2019
Project
2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
Project
2018Catherine Hyland tells the unlikely story of Mongolian sumo wrestlers in her latest project
2018
Project
2019Felicity McCabe’s graceful photographs of Mongolian circus troupe trainees
2019
Map
1250Mongolenreich nach 1250: Produktion. (Mongol Empire after 1250: production).
1250
Project
2022Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa
2022
Map
1953Northwest Africa.
1953
Map
1570Text: Africa 4
1570
Poster
2015PanAm Africa Map Poster (19290380538)
2015
Project
2016Gem Fletcher and Ken Hermann’s cinematic series captures the wrestlers of Inner Mongolia
2016
Project
2011What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
Project
2022Sianeh A. Kpukuyou’s sun-kissed portfolio celebrates “Dark skin and African stories”
2022