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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2018NB Studio push the decorative limits of typography for African food start-up Jambo!
2018
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2012Introducing... The seriously minimal graphic design of Icelandic studio GUNMAD
2012
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2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Identity
2020Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960
2020
Identity
2017Siggi Odds rethinks Icelandic logotypes using Futhark runes
2017
Motion
2017African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata
2017
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2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
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2017Photographer Chantal Anderson explores youth culture in remote Iceland
2017
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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
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2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
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2009George Butler in Africa
2009
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1850Horn
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1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
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1875Zanze
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1955Gala Dinner for the Asian-African Conference in Savoy Homann Hotel, Bandung, on April 19th 1955
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1701Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
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Jubilee Gardens (395152579)
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Wilern Court (395152583)
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Augustines Corner (395152574)
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At Cape Town (MP) 2018 031
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At Cape Town (MP) 2018 032
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Mullers Optometrist - Longmarket Street
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Broadwindsor (395169268)
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Broadwindsor Birds (395152577)
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De Waterkant 47
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Manhattan Court (395169273)
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Metropole Hotel (395169276)
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Durban - Victoria Mansions 124 Victoria Embankment - S29.51.757 E31.01.303 - SAHRA ID - New
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Cine Africa (391901922)
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Port Elizabeth Library, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (19889607574)
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1934Port Elizabeth CBD postcard
1934
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Victoria Court (395152584)
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Joko Widodo speaks to Asian–African delegates at the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
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Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (01)
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Family Photo of the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
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Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (02)
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1928African Woman
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1928African Woman
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Art Deco Sculpture (297764495)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297765097)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297764622)
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Cape Town (354265930)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297763953)
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Cape Town (354266774)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297764762)
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Cape Town (252929665)
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Cape Town (354266244)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297764339)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297764891)
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Cape Town (354244029)
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Cape Town (354264629)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297765557)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297764046)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297763602)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297763763)
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Cape Town (354264264)
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Cape Town (354265537)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297765226)
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Art Deco Sculpture (297764171)
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Cape Town (354265085)
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Cape Town (354266530)
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Cape Town (252929093)
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Cape Town (252929262)
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The Bangui City
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Bangui city
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The Bangui City 2
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1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1998)
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1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1999)
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1800Headband
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1875Gumuri
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1800Earring, One of a Pair
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1875Rebab
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1100Earring, One of a Pair
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1800Necklace
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1701Spear
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Project
2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
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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
Project
2015Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots
2015
Project
2012Simply stunning illustrations for Icelandic bank by the superb Siggi Eggertsson
2012
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
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2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
Map
1953Central and South Africa. Madagascar.
1953
Motion
2018Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video
2018
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2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
Poster
2025Wiki loves Africa in the Hausa Community online training session
2025
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1953Central and West Africa. South and East Africa.
1953
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2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
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2015Great graphics for an Icelandic bar by Karlssonwilker
2015
Poster
1899England and the war in South Africa — German poster
1899
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2015Spiritual dimensions – a visit to the site of Iceland's new Pagan temple
2015
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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
Motion
2015Bright, abstract identity for Iceland’s arthouse film festival
2015
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2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
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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
Motion
2013James Aiken's surfing film with a difference captures Iceland's breathtaking beauty
2013
Identity
2010South Africa World Cup Logo
2010
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
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2019Meet Universal Thirst, the Bangalore and Reykjavik-based foundry offering a dual perspective on type
2019
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
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2010The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
2010
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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
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2012Andre Ermolaev captures Iceland's natural beauty in tremendous style
2012
Poster
1965Drive old and new colonialists out of Africa! — Chinese poster
1965
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2014Scintillating new work from Icelandic illustrator Siggi Odds
2014
Map
2009Makkah and The Hajj. Journey of a lifetime.
2009
Identity
2026The Presidency of Iceland
2026
Project
2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016