Tracy Chahwan on making the visuals for all the best “strictly-vinyl” parties in Beirut
2022
Five years worth of Austrian club night posters from studio OrtnerSchinko
2015
The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Sometimes surreal, always innovative poster design from Austrian agency Studio Vie
2015
Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Beirut-born Yasmina Hilal organically creates mixed media collages – cutting, gluing and sewing away from digital manipulation
2021
Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move
2025
Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots
2025
What Myriam Boulos’ shots of the Lebanese revolution tell us about photojournalistic ethics
2019
Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Heading in a “more radical direction”, studio es hopes to challenge the status quo in Austria
2020
Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Aline Deschamps documents the “beauty, creativity and strength” of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon
2022
Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”
2020
Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Austria-based designer Simon Merz’ Meta is “a book about itself”
2020
Mohamad Abdouni records the untold stories of trans women living in Beirut
2021
“When you live in a place like Lebanon, you have a mission”: Meet the fearless director Jessy Moussallem
2020
Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue
2014
Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
Territory Studio designs media for James Bond experience in the Austrian mountains
2018
We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
A city of contradictions: meet the people shaping Beirut's creative future
2016
Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Austrian whizzes Atelier Olschinsky produce amazing mirrored cityscapes
2012
James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Klaus Pichler's absurd photographs of miniature allotments in Austria
2014
Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality
2017
Great poster designs for Adana Nights series by Vienna-based Lukas Haider
2015
Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Austrian studio es’ eclectic type and intuitive editorial design for A priori magazine
2015
Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Studio Vie refresh an Austrian music brand still trapped in the 1990s
2013
Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Ségolène Ragu’s vivid portrayal of the Semiramis shows us the conditions in Lebanon during economic crisis
2023
Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru
2013
Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots
2024
What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold
2021
Sharing stories from the city, C/O Vienna is a satirical take on traditional magazines
2019
Art: Austrian collective Numen/For Use create the most fun-looking interactive sculpture
2014
Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Luxury culinary branding from Peruvian designer Gabriela Maskrey
2015