Hana Gamal draws our attention to the significant and overlooked role women play in Egyptian agriculture
2021
The Naguib Mahfouz Project is reviving the writings of one of Egypt’s most visionary authors
2023
A cinematic history of Egypt as told through its movie posters
2023
Five years worth of Austrian club night posters from studio OrtnerSchinko
2015
Sometimes surreal, always innovative poster design from Austrian agency Studio Vie
2015
Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Heading in a “more radical direction”, studio es hopes to challenge the status quo in Austria
2020
A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
Austria-based designer Simon Merz’ Meta is “a book about itself”
2020
The Egyptian Cassette Archive documents thousands of tape cover artworks from the 1960s – 2000s
2022
Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia
2020
Territory Studio designs media for James Bond experience in the Austrian mountains
2018
Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
&Walsh designs Zooba's identity inspired by the busy streets of Cairo
2019
Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Hey Porter!’s Kahaza typeface emulates titles found on vintage Egyptian film posters
2023
Austrian whizzes Atelier Olschinsky produce amazing mirrored cityscapes
2012
Klaus Pichler's absurd photographs of miniature allotments in Austria
2014
The View From Cairo: probing the rise of the “Made in Egypt” aesthetic movement
2024
Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Photographer Denis Dailleux tenderly captures Egyptian bodybuilders with their mums
2018
Great poster designs for Adana Nights series by Vienna-based Lukas Haider
2015
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Austrian studio es’ eclectic type and intuitive editorial design for A priori magazine
2015
The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Studio Vie refresh an Austrian music brand still trapped in the 1990s
2013
New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages
2017
“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Sharing stories from the city, C/O Vienna is a satirical take on traditional magazines
2019
Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books
2016
Art: Austrian collective Numen/For Use create the most fun-looking interactive sculpture
2014
A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
Archief Cairo on reviving the world’s only letterpress with hieroglyphics
2021
Graphic Design: Elana Schlenker ties together two creatives' takes on Egypt's uprising
2013
Slick, playful and graphically precise: Cairo-based studio Ntsal puts quality and communication first
2023
The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012
Why, in Egypt, creatives are returning to calligraphy in their droves
2025