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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Russia-based Max Litvinov's experimental animations are a delight

NB Studio push the decorative limits of typography for African food start-up Jambo!

Maria Gruzdeva explores the cosmonaut training facilities of Russia

Gem Fletcher and Ken Hermann shoot death-defying Indian tradition The Well of Death

Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales

Bright, playful graphic design from Russian studio A-2-O

Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960

This cyanotype series grapples with the process of leaving Russia on ethical grounds

The Russian Club / Art Vandelay

Exhibition Design: Plaid transform The British Library into Mughal India

The futuristic world of Russian avant-garde theatre explored at V&A

Lovely, strange and stained illustrations from Woodcum in Moscow

African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata

Photographer Anu Kumar on reconnecting with her Indian heritage, failing exams and recipes for weddings

Mahesh Shantaram presents a look beneath the glossy veneer of Indian weddings

The View From Mumbai: the Indian photographers taking back control through self-publishing

Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe

Photographer Tomer Ifrah captures Moscow's commuters

Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth

Fashion: Photographer Koen Hauser pays tribute to Africa's textile design

Dishoom collaborates with illustrator Manjit Thapp on T-shirts memorialising iconic Indian women

Khichdi (Kitchari) brings together 846 photographs of India, and its people, taken over ten years

From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice

George Butler in Africa

African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio

Moksha captures the diversity of religious rituals across India

Anatoly Grashchenko's randomly generated posters for a Moscow theatre

Animation: Take a train into a seriously trippy fantasy land in this Russian music video

Ian Patrick captures The Rajasthan Express and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood

Donal Sturt and India Dickinson curate monochromatic exhibition, Laetus

Mumbai-based artist Yashasvi Mathis' unconventional take on the world

“I look for ways to distill the complexities of heartbreak and joy”: Prarthna Singh reflects on gender and politics in India today

Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene

Jasmin Sehra's poster series reimagines hand painted Bollywood signs

The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community

Illustration: Sameer Kulavoor paints a beautiful portrait of metropolitan India

Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper

Jules Slütsky searches for identity and home in her series, So You Speak Russian?

"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa

David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports

Vivienne Westwood: Ethical Fashion Africa

Nice Magazine nurtures and honestly represents young talent from the African continent

Dima Komarov on how “I finally found my style” and the depiction of young people in Russia

Russian art gallery guardians take centre stage in Andy Freeberg's photos

Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots

Meet the filmmaker bringing intersectional feminism to South Africa: Jabu Nadia Newman

Flaneur explores the magic of Moscow in its biggest issue yet

Moscow-based Masha Demionova’s portraits capture the multi-faceted personalities of women

Awesome Tapes from Africa

Photographer Kathryn Hurni’s images capture an alternative perspective of Russia

This typeface answers a key question: What if Indian typography refused to play ‘catch-up’ with the west?

Swans, Lamborghinis, Indian luxury and Wild Wild Country inform Futur Neue’s new font

Photographer Karolina Gembara on her solemn yet beautiful seven-year journey in Delhi

Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video

Christabel Forbes depicts the community, colours and bustle of Modinagar, India

Photography: Mexico, India and Morocco through the eyes of photographer Mowgli

Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today

Marcel George illustrates eight pages of watches for Russian Port magazine

Product Design: Gay icons as Russian dolls in ace LGBT rights campaign

Photography: Come and meet the restaurant singers of Russia's Sochi region

In northern India, Bharat Sikka photographs the Khasi people’s deep understanding of nature

Comprising a new typeface, Ilya Bazhanov’s bachelor thesis examines Russian typography from the 60s

Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia

Even after the loss of his eyesight, Indian artist Benode Behari Mukherjee continued to inspire generations of creativity

The View from Mumbai: three projects honouring and innovating with Indian street typography

Hark1karan’s documentation of the Indian Farmers’ Protest shows the multifaceted nature of activism

Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora

Brown Brit traces the life of an Indian mother through an assemblage of VHS tapes

Publication: A celebration of the golden era of Russian children's book design

Nora Krug illustrates the year-long experience of two individuals living through the Russia-Ukraine War

How the creative Punjabi diaspora turned out in support of the Indian Farmers’ Protest

The Punjab and the Black Country through the lenses of four female photographers

Graphic Design: Russian entrepreneurs have got it good thanks to Knopka and NB

How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide

Photography: Albert Elm captures Russia and China with a rose-tinted lens

Beautiful paintings of the drunkards and typists of the Russian ballet

Football Editions finds inspiration in the legends of African football

Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”

Movement is the typeface based on the body of a South African dancer

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