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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
2022Hamburg-based design studio Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann on how to innovate your web design
2022
Project
2018Arcin Sagdic's latest cover story for Numero Homme Berlin is a meditation on surgically-enhanced beauty
2018
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2016Berlin-based Cristóbal Schmal’s naive illustrations are an intriguing mix
2016
Identity
2020Ojo Agi explores ideas of home, identity and transnational kinship pertaining to the African diaspora post-1960
2020
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2013Damien Poulain and some kids create awesome space rockets for a German bank
2013
Poster
2015Five years worth of Austrian club night posters from studio OrtnerSchinko
2015
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2012Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation
2012
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2021Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
Poster
2015Sometimes surreal, always innovative poster design from Austrian agency Studio Vie
2015
Identity
2015formdusche creates punchy and cartoon-like identity for German arts festival
2015
Motion
2017African surf brand releases film about their namesake water spirit Mami Wata
2017
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2017German illustrator Stephanie Wunderlich’s ode to papercut collage
2017
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2011Interview Project Germany
2011
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2015Namsa Leuba's Khoisan explores an ancient African tribe
2015
Garment
2013Fashion: Photographer Koen Hauser pays tribute to Africa's textile design
2013
Poster
2015German studio Unfun creates colourfully slick posters for dance club
2015
Project
2022No Running! Pia Henkel shines a light on Berlin’s 62 public pools
2022
Motion
2014Advertising: Terrifying advert with a brilliant twist from some German filmmakers
2014
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Project
2019Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa's youth
2019
Project
2009George Butler in Africa
2009
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2015Scott King's nice new campaign claims all pop culture in the name of Berlin
2015
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
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2014Art: Thierry Noir – the first man to paint the Berlin Wall – opens first ever solo show in London
2014
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2015A polished and sophisticated update from German studio Bureau Progressiv
2015
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2013African studio portraits of the 1960s courtesy of Bobson Photography Studio
2013
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2024The View from Berlin: meet the defiant and resourceful creatives leading the city’s DIY culture explosion
2024
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2025Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move
2025
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2014Illustration: Paula Troxler's incredible blend of crayon colours and German folklore
2014
Poster
2015Neat Tumblr shows off the endless and diverse Posters of Berlin
2015
Project
2014Dazzled by the eye-catching work of Berlin-based studio 44flavours
2014
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2017Laura Callaghan depicts how Germany would look if women were in charge
2017
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2017Node Berlin Oslo talks through its redesign of Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2017
Project
2016Ricardo Ferrol reinterprets the work of influential German designer Otl Aicher
2016
Poster
2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
Identity
2025Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots
2025
Publication
2019Illustrator Ellice Weaver on the influence of Berlin, screen printing, and comic books
2019
Project
2018Benedikt Rugar’s illustrations for the German Design Glossary use elements of the surreal to tell a visual story
2018
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2015Presenting Wurstbande, or "sausage gang" – a Berlin-based illustration duo
2015
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2023Hanson Akatti designs a colourful, visual world for the West African music scene
2023
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2017The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community
2017
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2012Best of Japanese design scene in Berlin via the Tokyo Art Directors Club
2012
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2025Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper
2025
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2018"You have to hear this": Brian Shimkovitz tells us the story of Awesome Tapes From Africa
2018
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2015Textural, expressive illustration from Berlin-based illustrator Beth Walrond
2015
Identity
2016Hamburg-based Villa Studio collaborates with illustrators for exhibition identity
2016
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
Identity
2015Delfina Venditti's spot-on identity for Atonal sound festival in Berlin
2015
Project
2014Vibrant, pebble-like paintings from Berlin-based artist Frau Grau
2014
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2020Heading in a “more radical direction”, studio es hopes to challenge the status quo in Austria
2020
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2012Glorifying the suberb portfolio of German graphic designer Alexander Lis
2012
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2013Fun record sleeve design and illustration from Hamburg's Human Empire
2013
Identity
2016Wonderful and sensitive identity designs for German arts organisation
2016
Identity
2020Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”
2020
Project
2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Project
2015Up close with the young acrobats of Namsa Leuba’s West African roots
2015
Project
2018“The beauty of abstraction”: Christoph Niemann on his new mural for a Berlin train station
2018
Motion
2017Meet the filmmaker bringing intersectional feminism to South Africa: Jabu Nadia Newman
2017
Publication
2014Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
Project
2011Awesome Tapes from Africa
2011
Poster
2012Loving this bonkers poster design from Berlin-based Lars Moereels
2012
Project
2013Graphic Design: Fantastic design for the Berlin Art Prize 2013 from designers HelloMe
2013
Publication
2020Austria-based designer Simon Merz’ Meta is “a book about itself”
2020
Publication
2015Stills & Strokes creates flashy jewellery editorials for Interview Germany
2015
Publication
2016Berlin-based illustrator Riikka Laakso’s lino printed book explores the number seven
2016
Poster
2014Amazing 1970s publishing posters from German designer Gunter Rambow
2014
Motion
2018Artist Olivié Keck explores South African youth culture through a vibrant VR video
2018
Poster
2015Bold typographic poster design from Berlin-based Sven Lindhorst-Emme
2015
Project
2012John Diebel's stunning geometric collages ooze Bauhaus perfection
2012
Project
2013One German pedestrian becomes a sartorial celebrity thanks to What Ali Wore
2013
Motion
2017Pictoplasma Berlin review: highlights from the character design and animation festival
2017
Project
2020Manju Journal on what it means to be part of the African aesthetic today
2020
Poster
2019Marvel at these typographic posters designed by Karl-Heinz Drescher in East Germany
2019
Project
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
Project
2014Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue
2014
Project
2015A minimalist building that moves: Penda’s dynamic entry for Bauhaus Museum design competition
2015
Publication
2013Graphic Design: Munich show celebrates this milennium's indie magazine stars
2013
Publication
2017Designing Bauhaus Now magazine was a conflict of rationality and experimentation
2017
Project
2022Jada Akoto’s design practice explores the intersection of pop culture and the African diaspora
2022
Project
2020Berlin’s Contemporary C**t Collective shine a light on Drag Syndrome in the latest issue of King Kong Garçon
2020
Project
2018Territory Studio designs media for James Bond experience in the Austrian mountains
2018
Project
2019When Work Becomes Play: What We Can Learn from the Bauhaus 100 Years On
2019
Publication
2012An edible lasagne cookbook from German designers Korefe, bellissimo!
2012
Project
2012Impressive Iraq speeches project from new German publishers Cake
2012
Project
2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Publication
2013Graphic Design: Stunning stuff from Morphoria for German magazine loslegen
2013
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2015Young Berlin illustrator Ruohan Wang's charming work belies her youth
2015
Project
2016What does it mean to work in the arts? One Berlin-based artist shuts a gallery for five weeks to find out...
2016
Poster
2021Neo Neo effortlessly flits between a visual identity, Bauhaus typeface and poster for Roger Federer
2021
Project
2013A treasure trove of graphic riches on offer thanks to Berlin studio Stahl R
2013
Project
2020How Karabo Poppy Moletsane is permeating the real African aesthetic worldwide
2020
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2017Football Editions finds inspiration in the legends of African football
2017
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
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
Project
2018Partying in the Weimar Republic with the Archive of Modern Conflict
2018
Identity
2015Munich-based studio Moby Digg and their fantastic AABER Award identity
2015
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2014Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines
2014
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2013Graphic design: German design studio Stellavie create prints for stargazers
2013
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2015Cool graphic design from Germany-based Cabinet Gold van d’Vlies
2015
Identity
2025Studio Gruhl dives back into Berlin’s 1990s techno scene in an identity for Spellbound
2025
Publication
2012Graphic greatness and beautiful books by Berlin-based Palefroi
2012
Project
2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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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
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2012Austrian whizzes Atelier Olschinsky produce amazing mirrored cityscapes
2012
Identity
2010South Africa World Cup Logo
2010
Project
2014Klaus Pichler's absurd photographs of miniature allotments in Austria
2014
Project
2017Alice Mann photographs African men from London's La Sape
2017
Project
2015Hamburg-based studio Karl Anders wishes you a Heavy Birthday
2015
Publication
2019For its third issue Nice Magazine pays tribute to the South African township of Katlehong
2019
Project
2019From South Korea, Ghana to Berlin, Alexander Beer captures the people of the world
2019
Motion
2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
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2016Ill-Studio’s short film plays with reflections and odd perspectives in Berlin
2016
Project
2013Architecture: Wowserino! ROK install 22,000 unique wooden sticks in German boutique
2013
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2019Tilman Brembs’ mammoth archive captures the early Berlin techno years
2019
Motion
2017Pablo Di Prima and Ruth Ossai's film Ogbomgbom is an ode to West African "Kings"
2017
Project
2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Project
2014Fascinating portraits of stars by German photographer Olaf Heine
2014
Project
2014Illustration: You just don't get much more joyful than the work of Berlin's Golden Cosmos
2014
Project
2013Dan Witz is back showing off some stunning light paintings at the Gestalten space in Berlin
2013
Identity
2015Making branding with a purpose: what can we learn from the Bauhaus?
2015
Publication
2012Beautifully designed notebooks mark quinquennial German dOCUMENTA (13) show
2012
Publication
2022Murathan Biliktu’s new font explores the experience of migrant workers in Germany
2022
Motion
2014Film: Guinness film follows inspiring group of African dandies, The Sapeurs
2014
Motion
2014Film: A day in the life of Berlin-based mural painter, Polina Soloveichik
2014
Project
2017Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality
2017
Motion
2015COS and Matthew Frost among Berlin Fashion Film Festival winners
2015
Project
2010The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
2010
Project
2015Banging designs for a Berlin techno club by Serbian creative Vanja Golubovic
2015
Publication
2015The stunning, forward-thinking book covers of Weimar Germany
2015
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
Poster
2015Great poster designs for Adana Nights series by Vienna-based Lukas Haider
2015
Project
2017Meet Berlin-based studio Büro Bum Bum
2017
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Publication
2015Austrian studio es’ eclectic type and intuitive editorial design for A priori magazine
2015
Poster
2016Unfun’s sleek typographic posters for German gallery Kunstverein Nürnberg
2016
Project
2019Land in Sonne explores the young generations now living in former East Berlin and its impacts
2019
Project
2016Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s collaged images offer new perspective on the “African experience”
2016
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2015Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva
2015
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2014Manuel Birnbacher's weird and wonderful look for a German house festival
2014
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2013Studio Vie refresh an Austrian music brand still trapped in the 1990s
2013
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2018Yang Qi’s work expresses a strong Chinese and German cultural background
2018
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2024Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre
2024
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2012Paul Leichtfried produces a drastic redesign for Berlin refugee charity
2012
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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
Poster
2017New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages
2017
Publication
2014Publication: New Berlin-based magazine Winter warms all our cockles
2014
Project
2025Grilli Type’s GT Era brings an early Bauhaus chic back to the sans serif
2025
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2012Introducing...The ultra-bold African supergraphics of illustrator Lynnie Zulu
2012
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2019Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa
2019
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2014Illustration: We love these detailed prints by Berlin illustrator Jeong Hwa Min
2014
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2022Marie Gomis-Trezise explains how Nataal grew to become the premier platform for African creative talent
2022
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2022“Skateboarding feels a lot like therapy”: Karabo Mooki shares stories of South Africa’s all-female skate group, Island Gals
2022
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2019The Hayward shines a light on South Africa’s born-free generation
2019
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2020Solene Gün examines men in Turkish banlieue communities in Berlin and Paris
2020
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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
Project
2023Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project
2023
Project
2015Confident, minimal designs from Berlin studio Neubau prove less is more
2015
Project
2019Aga Giecko tells us about her first solo exhibition, Bauhaus 100
2019
Poster
2012Brilliant posters that still amaze from the 1972 Munich Olympics by Otl Aicher
2012
Project
2014Graphic Design: A bunch of great guys designing incredible stuff in Berlin, meet Eps51
2014
Project
2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
Motion
2013Unnerving video accompanies David Bowie’s beautiful new elegy to Berlin
2013
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
Project
2022Photographer Benjamin Schmuck honours the Voodoo culture of Benin and West Africa
2022
Motion
2012Nicely shot film larking around in Paris with German label howitzweissbach
2012
Project
2014Colourful dancing ladies captured by German photographer Andrea Grützner
2014
Project
2010Juno Hamburg
2010
Project
2019German photographer Miguel Brusch documents Blackpool like you've never seen it before
2019
Project
2013Art: Superb satires of 1920s Berlin from the inimitable George Grosz
2013
Identity
2014Graphic Design: Berlin studio Stahl-R ace versatile new identity for Folkdays
2014
Project
2016Peacocks, 70s baroque and Wes Anderson vibes in Berlin for Gucci’s AW16 campaign
2016
Project
2015Berlin studio Yukiko talks us through the good-looking new issue of Flaneur
2015
Publication
2013Cracking editorial illustration from Berlin's Cristóbal Schmal
2013
Project
2011What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
Publication
2016Node Berlin Oslo on its typography-led design for LOST iN travel guides
2016
Project
2013Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru
2013
Poster
2019A5’s new book West-Berlin Grafik-Design is a visual time capsule from post-war Germany
2019
Project
2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
Project
2014Illustration: Lovely portraits from German illustrator Florian Bayer
2014
Identity
2024Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots
2024
Project
2021Challenging documentary norms, Nolwenn Le Flanchec and Marie Godt artfully capture the German island of Langeoog
2021
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2015Playfully tongue-in-cheek illustrations from Germany-based Cécile Dormeau
2015
Project
2022Sianeh A. Kpukuyou’s sun-kissed portfolio celebrates “Dark skin and African stories”
2022
Project
2012The Barbican's Bauhaus: Art as Life shines a light on design's biggest influencers
2012
Project
2018Bex Day photographs the beaming smiles and fading tans of Berlin's bodybuilders
2018
Project
2014Bureau Mirko Borsche's amazing redesign for Munich freesheet Super Paper
2014
Photograph
2019Sharing stories from the city, C/O Vienna is a satirical take on traditional magazines
2019
Project
2012Byzantine landscapes in brilliant detail from South Africa-based illustrator Jean de Wet
2012
Project
2019Icon, Artist, Photosexual: Peter Berlin reflects on a lifetime of erotic self-portraiture
2019
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2024Neale Johnston’s graphic design work is at one with Berlin’s techno scene
2024
Project
2015Poppy, unpretentious work from Hamburg-based illustrator Johanna Noack
2015
Typeface
2016Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books
2016
Identity
2014A postage-inspired identity for Berlin gallery Neumeister Bar-Am
2014
Project
2015Look lively! German illustrator Sebastian Schwamm will light up your eyeballs
2015
Project
2014Art: Austrian collective Numen/For Use create the most fun-looking interactive sculpture
2014
Publication
2012Gorgeous imagined publications from German studio Deutsche Japaner
2012
Project
2018Celebrating 100 years of the Bauhaus, Printed Pages AW18 is available to order now
2018
Project
2014Illustration: Cheeky magic from German illustrator Nadine Redlich
2014
Publication
2025Meet the Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography
2025
Publication
2017Bureau David Voss creates Bauhaus-inspired book about modern housekeeping
2017
Project
2018Alexander Mourant's photographs trace a road-trip he took down the length of Africa
2018
Project
2017Can Dagarslani personifies serenity in photographic series at Bauhaus
2017
Project
2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Typeface
2019Find a Bauhaus retrospective, a typeface dating game and more in March's Things!
2019
Project
2012Let Things indulge you with this week's delectable treats – from the Bauhaus to eggs to the Middle East
2012
Project
2014Graphic Design: Tip top record sleeve design from German duo Schultzschultz
2014
Project
2017Photographer Fabrice Monteiro's fear-inducing prophecy of west Africa's future
2017
Project
2015Olafur Eliasson on tech in art and Berlin's "exceptional people"
2015
Project
2015The bizarre, twilight world of Berlin-based photographer Maxime Ballesteros
2015
Project
2026Why are so many of Berlin’s community initiatives run by designers – and what’s the point?
2026
Project
2014German photographer Astrid Korntheuer captures colourfully chaotic scenes
2014
Project
2016Considered, understated but experimental work from Berlin studio Tim+Tim
2016
Project
2011Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
2011
Project
2017An animated story of survival during apartheid in South Africa
2017
Publication
2014Tom Clohosy Cole's new book is an extraordinary take on the Berlin Wall
2014
Project
2015An insight into Olafur Eliasson's utopian-sounding Berlin studio on Freunde von Freunden
2015
Typeface
2014Great new posters and Bauhaus-inspired typeface from Benoît Bodhuin
2014
Project
2012Introducing… The ineffably awesome Berlin illustrative duo Doris Freigofas and Daniel Dolz, aka Golden Cosmos
2012
Publication
2017Bauhaus publication discusses movement as a creative resource and outlet
2017
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
Project
2015Prill Vieceli Cremers design catalogue about Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer
2015
Project
2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
Project
2025Are Berlin’s urban artists destined to paint a creatively sanitised future for their own neighbourhoods?
2025
Print
2018Nataal’s debut print magazine captures the creative energy of Africa and its diaspora
2018
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
Project
2022From Bauhaus to The Simpsons: how nostalgia and minimalism inspire Kanioko’s vibrant illustration practice
2022
Project
2017Jann Höfer explores the history and impact of a former German cult community in Chile
2017
Garment
2016Freunde von Freunden takes a snoop round Berlin-based fashion photographer Jonas Lindstroem's pad
2016
Project
2019Jump Ball celebrates the relationship between basketball and the African diaspora
2019