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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Publication
2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Project
2021Photographer Duong Gia Hiếu on capturing the quotidian beauty of Vietnamese street style
2021
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2012Graphic designer Bardhi Haliti on the design scene in Kosovo
2012
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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
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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
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2014Jamie Hawkesworth’s shots of a hunt for a rare, Vietnamese cacao bean
2014
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2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
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
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2016Adam Birkan captures the diverse and juxtaposing landscape of Hanoi
2016
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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
Project
2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Project
2021Huynh Khang builds bikes, plants and Vietnamese delicacies out of Lego
2021
Project
2016Go Go Kosovo! A nation's Olympic odyssey, as shot by Jane Stockdale
2016
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
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
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2019Richard Kovacs’ experimental images of Albania reflect the ambiguity of the country
2019
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2024Food, ritual and secrecy: Anh Nguyen examines Vietnamese traditions today
2024
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2020Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein capture the “memory and legacy” of the Vietnam-American war
2020
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2015Jane Stockdale’s lush, personable photographs of the Kosovo Olympic team
2015
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
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2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
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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
Identity
2023In her ongoing series, photographer Vân-Nhi Nguyễn subverts colonial perceptions of Vietnam
2023
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
2022Đức Lương’s archive commemorates the golden era of Vietnamese postage stamps
2022
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2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Map
2025No One Magazine is taking an underground tour of queer night life around the globe: Next stop HCMC and Hanoi
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
Typeface
2024Sans-Phố Display is inspired by hand-crafted Vietnamese street signage
2024
Publication
2024“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
Project
2021Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
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2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Project
2019Margaux Senlis photographs the effects of unexploded ordnance in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
2019