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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Motion
2016Russia-based Max Litvinov's experimental animations are a delight
2016
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2016Maria Gruzdeva explores the cosmonaut training facilities of Russia
2016
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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
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2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
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2015Bright, playful graphic design from Russian studio A-2-O
2015
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2008The Russian Club / Art Vandelay
2008
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2025This cyanotype series grapples with the process of leaving Russia on ethical grounds
2025
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2014The futuristic world of Russian avant-garde theatre explored at V&A
2014
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2013Lovely, strange and stained illustrations from Woodcum in Moscow
2013
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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
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2017Photographer Tomer Ifrah captures Moscow's commuters
2017
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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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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
Poster
2015Anatoly Grashchenko's randomly generated posters for a Moscow theatre
2015
Motion
2014Animation: Take a train into a seriously trippy fantasy land in this Russian music video
2014
Identity
2025Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots
2025
Identity
2019Jules Slütsky searches for identity and home in her series, So You Speak Russian?
2019
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2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
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2020Dima Komarov on how “I finally found my style” and the depiction of young people in Russia
2020
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
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2012Russian art gallery guardians take centre stage in Andy Freeberg's photos
2012
Identity
2020Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”
2020
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
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2016Flaneur explores the magic of Moscow in its biggest issue yet
2016
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2018Moscow-based Masha Demionova’s portraits capture the multi-faceted personalities of women
2018
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2017Photographer Kathryn Hurni’s images capture an alternative perspective of Russia
2017
Publication
2015Marcel George illustrates eight pages of watches for Russian Port magazine
2015
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
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2013Product Design: Gay icons as Russian dolls in ace LGBT rights campaign
2013
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2013Photography: Come and meet the restaurant singers of Russia's Sochi region
2013
Typeface
2020Comprising a new typeface, Ilya Bazhanov’s bachelor thesis examines Russian typography from the 60s
2020
Publication
2020Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia
2020
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2014Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue
2014
Identity
2019Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
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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
Publication
2013Publication: A celebration of the golden era of Russian children's book design
2013
Publication
2023Nora Krug illustrates the year-long experience of two individuals living through the Russia-Ukraine War
2023
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2013Graphic Design: Russian entrepreneurs have got it good thanks to Knopka and NB
2013
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2013Photography: Albert Elm captures Russia and China with a rose-tinted lens
2013
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2014Beautiful paintings of the drunkards and typists of the Russian ballet
2014
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2018Photographer Dima Komarov captures a sense of freedom in Russian youth culture
2018
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
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2020Maria Babikova documents the drag scene of Novosibirsk, exploring fear and joy in Russia
2020
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2020“We like to experiment, so many clients may find our work bizarre”: White Russian Studio on its unique practice
2020
Poster
2017Archival propaganda posters spotlight the graphic design of post-revolution Russia
2017
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2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
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2016Russian illustrator Katerina Voronina's angular characters captured in sumptuous tones
2016
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2017Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality
2017
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2015Slick moving typographic designs for Moscow design festival from Universal Everything
2015
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
Publication
2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
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2017Local Characters: Anna Kulachek typographically depicts her hometown of Moscow
2017
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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
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2014Isabella Moore photographs the victims of Russia’s war on homosexuality
2014
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2016Frank Herfort explores the contrasts and contradictions of life in contemporary Russia
2016
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2015Artist Andrey Remnev’s hypnotic Russian Medieval-style paintings
2015
Publication
2014Publication: FUEL's new book explores codes hidden in Russian prisoners' tattoos
2014
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2008The Russian Club
2008
Identity
2016Ira Ivanova designs vibrant wristband-inspired identity for Moscow music festival
2016
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2019Moscow-based illustrator Katya Dorokhina chats through her new zine Chill Pill
2019
Typeface
2015A2SWHK and Margaret Calvert create new typeface to improve Moscow's transport
2015
Publication
2012A dreamy, woodland-inspired look book from Moscow's Lesya Paramonova
2012
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2013Graphic Design: Russian cassette tapes of yesteryear were super cool
2013
Poster
2016Russian designer Dima Shiryaev’s diverse poster designs for music nights
2016
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2015Anastasia Tsayder captures enormity of 1980's Moscow Olympics decades later
2015
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2013Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru
2013
Identity
2024Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots
2024
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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
Photograph
2018Early Russian colour photography and Spaghetti Westerns collide in new book from S_U_N
2018
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2014Photography: Mikhail Mishainik reveals the wonders of Russia's salt mines
2014
Poster
2015Shuka Bureau's whimsically exotic posters for Moscow art school
2015
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2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
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2019Ony Agency on the rebrand of AZ Museum in Moscow
2019
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
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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2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
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2018Alex Vasilyev's compelling photographs of locals living in Russia's coldest region
2018
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
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2016Mind-bending work from Russian illustrator Andrey Kasay
2016
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2018Alexander Anufriev captures culture cliches in Russia Close-Up
2018
Garment
2015Russian photographer Erik Panov's latex and salmon themed fashion shoot
2015
Project
2017Gosha Rubchinskiy and InRussia plot the origins of Russian rave culture
2017
Identity
2015Luxury culinary branding from Peruvian designer Gabriela Maskrey
2015