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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2024The View From Lagos: inside Nigeria’s blooming skateboard communities
2024
Motion
2015Great film follows reportage illustrator George Butler on a trip to Afghanistan
2015
Project
2019Shot in Nigeria, Elena Heatherwick's photographic story for the IRC is one of tragedy and resilience
2019
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
Poster
2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
Publication
2012Beautiful Skateistan book celebrates the power of skateboarding in Afghanistan
2012
Project
2023Dennis Osadebe’s character-driven paintings tell a story of his Nigerian heritage
2023
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2015Beautiful new project documenting Nigerian style by Nina Manandhar
2015
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Motion
2017We speak to the three creatives behind a Nigerian-focused editorial and film for Kenzo
2017
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2020Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek photographs a holiday resort, seemingly only open to Afghan Hounds
2020
Publication
2014Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
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2019Lakin Ogunbanwo’s bridal portraits reflect the diversity of Nigerian traditions
2019
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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
2019How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds
2019
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Motion
2025Sherif Apampa’s sensitive design practice tackles “Nigerian culture, boyhood and innocence”
2025
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2013Photography: Extraordinary photojournalism from Nigerian-born George Osodi
2013
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2024The View From Lagos: The queer Nigerian artists risking everything to amplify LGBTQ+ voices
2024
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2015We speak to Ruvan Wijesooriya about his documentation of a Kabul school
2015
Garment
2018Photographer Richard Kovacs uses experimental lighting to showcase Lagos' fashion scene
2018
Project
2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Motion
2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2014Prill Vieceli Cremers create stunning work for a cultural project in Afghanistan
2014
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2021In figurative and dynamic paintings, Peter Uka depicts the scenes of his childhood in Nigeria
2021
Poster
2017New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages
2017
Project
2024Marcellina Akpojotor amplifies family history in fabric-filled paintings of Nigerian domestic life
2024
Project
2021Photographer Adedamola Odetara is working hard to document the LGBTQIA+ community in Lagos
2021
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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
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2020Oli Hillyer-Riley documents a close knit, and under-threat, surfing community in Nigeria
2020
Project
2021“I try to show them a different narrative of what a Nigerian is”: Valerie Etitinwo on deconstructing stereotypes
2021
Publication
2014Edmund Clark's new book reflects on the end of US operations in Afghanistan
2014
Poster
2023Modupe Lamikanra draws from her Nigerian heritage to create dynamic and accessible design
2023
Project
2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
Typeface
2016Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books
2016
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2014George Osodi documents the monarchs of Nigeria
2014
Publication
2025Meet the Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography
2025
Project
2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Project
2024Album Cover Bank traces over 70 years of Nigeria’s album design and visual culture
2024
Publication
2022Explore the legendary Festac '77 in Nigeria with Marilyn Nance's beautiful new photobook
2022
Publication
2023Omar Mohammad revives Afghan culture through design and typography
2023
Project
2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2017“Gentrification in reverse”: Lorenzo Vitturi’s photographs of a market in Lagos
2017
Project
2020Danielle Mbonu on bringing fun to shoots and making sure Nigeria has more female directors
2020
Project
2025The furniture designers centring Nigerian cultural symbols
2025
Motion
2017Akinola Davies on his film for Kenzo, celebrating Nigerian traditions and culture
2017
Project
2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012
Identity
2017Photographer Ruth Ossai celebrates “beautiful, effortless, powerful” Nigerian identity
2017
Motion
2022Rubee Samuel’s photobook Omo Nigeria explores the Londoner’s emotional ties to West Africa
2022