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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
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2016Barcelona-based illustrator Nicolás Valencia’s intimate depictions of voluptuous forms
2016
Publication
2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
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2019Join Cachetejack and Dropbox for a collaborative workshop at OFFF Barcelona
2019
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2015Tasty record sleeves from Barcelona's own Arnau Pi
2015
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2015Smart, cute GIFs from Barcelona-based illustrator Luis Mazón
2015
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2014Etnia Barcelona's new eyewear range inspired by the floral world
2014
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2015There's a great line-up for the Internet Age Media Weekend in Barcelona
2015
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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
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Identity
2015A neat, malleable identity by Barcelona-based designer Gerard Marin
2015
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2026Spark 2026 puts creative production front and centre at ISE Barcelona
2026
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2012The brilliant Barcelona studio Forma & Co in our first ABSOLUT Network showcase
2012
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
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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
Identity
2018Folch and Bráulio Amado's identity for Barcelona Design Week sheds light on issues of consumption
2018
Poster
2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
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2017Barcelona studio Nice Shit animates Interpol’s Daniel Kessler’s music memories in this short
2017
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2014Introducing: Barcelona-based studio Querida tell us about their working day
2014
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
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2012Super colourful new furniture set from Barcelona's lagranja design
2012
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Publication
2014Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
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2014Marc Morro swaps Barcelona for London as part of Timberland campaign
2014
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Publication
2020Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia
2020
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
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2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Identity
2020“Effort, hard work and perseverance”: N-E on its new identity for Design Market Barcelona
2020
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2013Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent
2013
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2012Woo! Pencil mountains! Crisp graphic design here by Barcelona's very own Roseta y Oihana
2012
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
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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
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2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
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2023Explore LABASAD Barcelona School of Arts and Design’s exceptional graphic design masters, taught entirely online
2023
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2013Check out these cheeky plaster hands grifting on the streets of Barcelona
2013
Motion
2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2013Photography: Jose Porroche finds undiscovered gems on the beaches and streets of Barcelona
2013
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
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
Publication
2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
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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
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2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Identity
2015Jorge León's impressively coherent identity for a Barcelona skate shop
2015
Poster
2017New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages
2017
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2007Daniel Eskils / I'm From Barcelona
2007
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2014Miscellaneous: We explored Barcelona's creative scene and it was bloody brilliant
2014
Publication
2021“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture
2021
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2015A charming portrait of Barcelona's 77-year-old matchday announcer
2015
Poster
2014Exhibition: Hey Studio show off their poster archive at a new show in Barcelona
2014
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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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
Typeface
2016Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books
2016
Publication
2015Manu Rodriguez's book design showcases the eccentricity of Barcelona
2015
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2016Bare-bones design straight out of Barcelona
2016
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2015A Tale of Barcelona’s Design Brilliance: We talk to three studios at the forefront of the city's design boom
2015
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Identity
2015Clase bcn's bright but elegant identity for a Barcelona concert hall
2015
Publication
2022Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
Publication
2012Barcelona's Clase BCN show off a pair of beautifully bound new publications
2012
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2024“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
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2021Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Poster
2015Eye-catching poster designs from Barcelona-based Quim Marin
2015
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012
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2014Barcelona-based photographer Adrià Cañameras on the Mediterranean
2014