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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Publication
2018NB Studio push the decorative limits of typography for African food start-up Jambo!
2018
Project
2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Project
2016Barcelona-based illustrator Nicolás Valencia’s intimate depictions of voluptuous forms
2016
Project
2019Join Cachetejack and Dropbox for a collaborative workshop at OFFF Barcelona
2019
Identity
2020Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960
2020
Project
2015Tasty record sleeves from Barcelona's own Arnau Pi
2015
Project
2015Smart, cute GIFs from Barcelona-based illustrator Luis Mazón
2015
Project
2015There's a great line-up for the Internet Age Media Weekend in Barcelona
2015
Project
2014Etnia Barcelona's new eyewear range inspired by the floral world
2014
Motion
2017African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata
2017
Project
2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
Project
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
Photograph
1930130 Cementiri del Poblenou (Barcelona), el Petó de la Mort
1930
Project
2009George Butler in Africa
2009
Project
2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
Project
2026Spark 2026 puts creative production front and centre at ISE Barcelona
2026
Identity
2015A neat, malleable identity by Barcelona-based designer Gerard Marin
2015
Project
2012The brilliant Barcelona studio Forma & Co in our first ABSOLUT Network showcase
2012
Object
1850Horn
1850
Object
1800Prayer book with case (mahdar)
1800
Object
1875Zanze
1875
Sculpture
1450Seated Buddha
1450
Photograph
1955Gala Dinner for the Asian-African Conference in Savoy Homann Hotel, Bandung, on April 19th 1955
1955
Photograph
Victoria Court (395152584)
Photograph
Cine Africa (391901922)
Photograph
Broadwindsor Birds (395152577)
Photograph
Port Elizabeth Library, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (19889607574)
Photograph
De Waterkant 47
Photograph
Jubilee Gardens (395152579)
Photograph
Wilern Court (395152583)
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 031
Photograph
At Cape Town (MP) 2018 032
Photograph
Mullers Optometrist - Longmarket Street
Photograph
Augustines Corner (395152574)
Photograph
Durban - Victoria Mansions 124 Victoria Embankment - S29.51.757 E31.01.303 - SAHRA ID - New
Photograph
Manhattan Court (395169273)
Photograph
Metropole Hotel (395169276)
Photograph
1934Port Elizabeth CBD postcard
1934
Photograph
Broadwindsor (395169268)
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (02)
Photograph
Family Photo of the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
Photograph
Merdeka Building during the 2015 Asian–African Summit (01)
Photograph
Joko Widodo speaks to Asian–African delegates at the 2015 Asian–African Summit in Bandung
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Furniture
1928African Woman
1928
Photograph
Cape Town (354266244)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763602)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265085)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265537)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764762)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764622)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266530)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264264)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929665)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929093)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764171)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764046)
Photograph
Cape Town (354264629)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764339)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765097)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764495)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765557)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763953)
Photograph
Cape Town (354266774)
Photograph
Cape Town (354244029)
Photograph
Cape Town (252929262)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297765226)
Photograph
Cape Town (354265930)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297764891)
Sculpture
Art Deco Sculpture (297763763)
Photograph
The Bangui City
Photograph
Bangui city
Photograph
The Bangui City 2
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1998)
1871
Furniture
1871High-back chair (pair with 1975.1.1999)
1871
Object
1981Hilton
1981
Poster
2019Barcelona Business of Design Week bcn design low (23747693075)
2019
Identity
2018Folch and Bráulio Amado's identity for Barcelona Design Week sheds light on issues of consumption
2018
Project
2017Barcelona studio Nice Shit animates Interpol’s Daniel Kessler’s music memories in this short
2017
Project
2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
Project
2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
Project
2014Introducing: Barcelona-based studio Querida tell us about their working day
2014
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
Project
2012Super colourful new furniture set from Barcelona's lagranja design
2012
Garment
2011Vivienne Westwood: Ethical Fashion Africa
2011
Publication
2018Nice Magazine nurtures and honestly represents young talent from the African continent
2018
Poster
2025Anís del Tigre, E. Lladó, Barcelona. poster - advertising (54242192285)
2025
Project
2015Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots
2015
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
Project
2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
Project
2014Marc Morro swaps Barcelona for London as part of Timberland campaign
2014
Map
1953Central and South Africa. Madagascar.
1953
Motion
2018Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video
2018
Project
2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
Poster
2025Poster - spagna - Ajuntament de Barcelona, Exposició d'Art Primavera de 1921 (54173007860)
2025
Poster
2025Poster - Barcelona - matador (54350953487)
2025
Poster
2021Barcelona - Torn Posters by the Sea
2021
Poster
2025Wiki loves Africa in the Hausa Community online training session
2025
Map
1953Central and West Africa. South and East Africa.
1953
Project
2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
Poster
2019Barcelona Business of Design Week independent design low (23747708705)
2019
Poster
1899England and the war in South Africa — German poster
1899
Identity
2020“Effort, hard work and perseverance”: N-E on its new identity for Design Market Barcelona
2020
Project
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
Poster
1936We will win for the global proletariat! — Catalan poster from the Spanish Civil War
1936
Project
2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
Project
2013Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent
2013
Project
2012OK-RM absolutely nail Kaleidoscope's new contemporary Africa art issue
2012
Project
2013South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images
2013
Project
2012Woo! Pencil mountains! Crisp graphic design here by Barcelona's very own Roseta y Oihana
2012
Poster
2020The African Queen (1952 US poster)
2020
Identity
2010South Africa World Cup Logo
2010
Project
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
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
Project
2023Explore LABASAD Barcelona School of Arts and Design’s exceptional graphic design masters, taught entirely online
2023
Map
1525fol. 257b Coastline of Catalonia with the ports of Barcellona and Tarragona
1525
Project
2013Check out these cheeky plaster hands grifting on the streets of Barcelona
2013
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
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
Project
2010The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
2010
Project
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
Project
2013Photography: Jose Porroche finds undiscovered gems on the beaches and streets of Barcelona
2013
Poster
1965Drive old and new colonialists out of Africa! — Chinese poster
1965
Thinker
Manuel Castells
Project
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
Project
2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016
Project
2015Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva
2015
Project
2012Beautiful and cleanly designed pamphlets from Barcelona-based studio Hey
2012
Poster
2025Poster - Barcelona and The Winter City', 1909 (54350951342)
2025
Project
2024Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre
2024
Project
2013Opinion: Away from Design Indaba, South Africa's graphics tell a tense story
2013
Project
2024Iconic jerseys and grassroots spirit: Victor Edeh captures football fever during the Africa Cup of Nations
2024
Identity
2015Jorge León's impressively coherent identity for a Barcelona skate shop
2015
Project
2012Introducing...The ultra-bold African supergraphics of illustrator Lynnie Zulu
2012
Project
2019Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa
2019
Poster
1760Teapot with Allegorical Scenes of "Africa" and "America"
1760
Project
2022Marie Gomis-Trezise explains how Nataal grew to become the premier platform for African creative talent
2022
Project
2022“Skateboarding feels a lot like therapy”: Karabo Mooki shares stories of South Africa’s all-female skate group, Island Gals
2022
Project
2019The Hayward shines a light on South Africa’s born-free generation
2019
Map
18142D: No.11. Road of Salo. No. 12. Port of Barcelona. No. 15. Bay of Roses. No.16. Cadaquie
1814
Project
2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
Project
2007Daniel Eskils / I'm From Barcelona
2007
Project
2014Miscellaneous: We explored Barcelona's creative scene and it was bloody brilliant
2014
Project
2022Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa
2022
Project
2015A charming portrait of Barcelona's 77-year-old matchday announcer
2015
Map
1953Northwest Africa.
1953
Map
1570Text: Africa 4
1570
Poster
2025Poster - Barcelona Exposición Nacional de Industrias Artí-sticas, 1892 (54351834291)
2025
Poster
2015PanAm Africa Map Poster (19290380538)
2015
Poster
20241936 Fritz Lewy Plakat Olimpiada Popular Barcelona Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch
2024
Poster
2025Laotian Confidentiality Poster - DPLA - 34c2c42f0b7d50c13e552376fe070d1a
2025
Poster
2025Poster - Barcelona Exposicion Nacional de Industrias Artisticas y Artes Decorativas', 1892 (54352241135)
2025
Poster
2014Exhibition: Hey Studio show off their poster archive at a new show in Barcelona
2014
Project
2011What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
Project
2022Sianeh A. Kpukuyou’s sun-kissed portfolio celebrates “Dark skin and African stories”
2022
Identity
2015Logo Qatar National Bank
2015
Poster
2025Wiki loves Africa Online Training 1
2025
Poster
2021Roosevelt in Africa (aka Hunting Big Game in Africa), movie poster
2021
Poster
2021Roosevelt Scoured Africa - The Gold Dust Twins Scour America, NMAH-AC0060-0000034
2021
Poster
2015PanAm Africa Poster (19471596242)
2015
Identity
2022Short Story Day Africa logo black HR
2022
Identity
2022Metro Doha Logo 10.2018
2022
Brand
2014New Logo for Qatar Museums by Wolff Olins
2014
Project
2012Byzantine landscapes in brilliant detail from South Africa-based illustrator Jean de Wet
2012
Brand
2023New Logo and Identity for Clínic Barcelona by Toormix
2023
Brand
2019New Logo for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup by UnlockBrands
2019
Brand
2013New Logo for Hutchins Center for African and African American Research by Bruce Mau Design
2013
Brand
2014South Africa’s Flag Origin
2014
Publication
2015Manu Rodriguez's book design showcases the eccentricity of Barcelona
2015
Project
2016Bare-bones design straight out of Barcelona
2016
Poster
1960The people of Africa will overpower the colonisers! — Soviet poster
1960
Poster
1985Shoot it in the white and the black dies with it — South African poster
1985
Publication
2025Meet the Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography
2025
Project
2015A Tale of Barcelona’s Design Brilliance: We talk to three studios at the forefront of the city's design boom
2015
Project
2018Alexander Mourant's photographs trace a road-trip he took down the length of Africa
2018
Brand
2017Opening at Darling Africa
2017
Brand
2019New Logo and Identity for Doha Debates by e-Types
2019
Brand
2019New Logo and Identity for Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia by Estudio Diego Feijóo
2019
Identity
2015Clase bcn's bright but elegant identity for a Barcelona concert hall
2015
Project
2017Photographer Fabrice Monteiro's fear-inducing prophecy of west Africa's future
2017
Brand
2020New Logo for Basketball Africa League
2020
Brand
2020African Design Matters
2020
Project
2011Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
Project
2017An animated story of survival during apartheid in South Africa
2017
Brand
2015New Logo for Mark Beaumont’s Africa Solo Ride by O Street
2015
Publication
2012Barcelona's Clase BCN show off a pair of beautifully bound new publications
2012
Motion
2013Lovely-looking teaser video promotes Diesel and Edun's Studio Africa collaboration
2013
Publication
2020This book tells the story of club music across ten cities in Africa and Europe
2020
Brand
2021New Logo and Identity for Marató Barcelona by Marc Blanes Studio
2021
Brand
2011The Torch Doha
2011
Brand
2014New Logo and Identity for Qatar National Library by Duffy & Partners
2014
Brand
2019New Identity for Barcelona Design Week 2019 by ESIETE
2019
Print
2018Nataal’s debut print magazine captures the creative energy of Africa and its diaspora
2018
Brand
2025New Logo for Ajuntament de Barcelona by Principi
2025
Brand
2024New Logo and Identity for Museum of West African Art by Human After All
2024
Brand
2020New Identity for Design Market Barcelona by Naranjo-Etxeberria
2020
Identity
2024The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) gets a rebrand that amplifies the region’s heritage and contemporary art
2024
Project
2016Inside the world of West African barbershops with Andrew Esiebo
2016
Brand
2024New Name, Logo, and Identity for Joves de Barcelona by Pràctica (now Principi & SMLXL)
2024
Brand
2021New Logo for Qatar National Tourism Council by Tarek Atrissi Design
2021
Map
1953Northeast Africa.
1953
Project
2019Jump Ball celebrates the relationship between basketball and the African diaspora
2019
Map
1953Africa Physical.
1953
Map
1747African Islands.
1747
Project
2018Thom Pierce on using photography to amplify the protests of a rural South African community
2018
Brand
2018FC Barcelona Logo May No Go
2018
Brand
2017New Logo and Identity for Barcelona Century by Marçal Prats
2017
Brand
2022New Name, Logo, and Identity for Cuidem Barcelona by Folch
2022
Brand
2018New Crest and Identity for FC Barcelona by Summa
2018
Poster
2015Eye-catching poster designs from Barcelona-based Quim Marin
2015
Brand
2024New Logo and Identity for Mobile World Capital Barcelona by Studio Blackburn
2024
Garment
2013Fashion: KISUA collaborates with African designers to create some truly remarkable clothing
2013
Project
2018Eddie Wrey photographs the women of West African market Adjamé
2018
Project
2019Margaux Senlis photographs the effects of unexploded ordnance in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
2019
Project
2014Barcelona-based photographer Adrià Cañameras on the Mediterranean
2014
Project
2013Illustration: A host of illustrators wish Lynx Africa a happy 18th birthday!
2013
Photograph
2020“It’s full of magic”: Dominique Booker shares her organic conversations of the African diaspora
2020
Motion
2022Rubee Samuel’s photobook Omo Nigeria explores the Londoner’s emotional ties to West Africa
2022
Project
2015Wolff Olins' Ije Nwokorie on what Africa needs to harness its creative energy
2015