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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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Publication
2022Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Project
2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Project
2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Never Mind the Object
2012
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2013Illustration: Swedish illustrator Klara Persson has charm in no small dose
2013
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2014More excellent work from unstoppable Swedish illustrator Sara Andreasson
2014
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2015Bright, polished and inventive graphic design from Swedish agency Ritator
2015
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2014Product Design: Swedish student's system to pay at shops by using vein scanning!
2014
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2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Poster
2012Illustrators! Take inspiration from these magnificent 1930s Swedish posters
2012
Motion
2022Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
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2018Swedish design studio Amanda & Erik avoid the tropes of minimalist, Scandinavian design in their practice
2018
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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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2012Stockholm Design week 2012: Form us With Love
2012
Project
2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
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2019Photographer Maja Daniels explores the ancient language and culture of an isolated Swedish community
2019
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2012A fresh, Swedish graphic design studio for y'all to be inspired by
2012
Project
2015Perfect type and considered visual flourishes in Stockholm-based Studio Parasto Backman's graphics
2015
Identity
2016Väg: a new identity for Swedish band “owned” by design agency Snask
2016
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Identity
2026Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Identity
2013Super-crisp skincare branding from Swedish studio Bedow
2013
Project
2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
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2012Stockholm Design Lab create smashing new Ikea food packaging
2012
Photograph
2017Dan Wilton photographs a flock of Swedish birdwatchers for this serenely beautiful book
2017
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012
2012
Project
2013Swedish studio PJADAD kick food photography up a gear for new campaign
2013
Identity
2026Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Project
2013Things 2013 #8: professional wrestling, Swedish design, youthful shots, 180 shots and the future of illustration.
2013
Project
2019How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds
2019
Identity
2019Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
Publication
2020We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
Project
2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Clemence Seilles
2012
Project
2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Project
2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: DeisgNu
2012
Project
2012Pipe smoking gets a fresh new look courtesy of Swedish designers Stiff
2012
Project
2013Design talks will never be the same again thanks to this pavilion in Sweden
2013
Motion
2026James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Project
2016Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Katrin Greiling
2012
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2017Pass-the-illustration and an hour of Swedish Progg. It's time for Things!
2017
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2016Understated and beautiful Vitra packaging by Swedish studio BVD
2016
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2015Swedish studio Snask's brilliant handmade letters for Washington Post
2015
Poster
2016Summer Studio and 2typer create “multiple poster” exhibition identity for Royal Institute of Art Stockholm
2016
Motion
2012Thomas Brown celebrates shapes in five films for Swedish label NAKKNA
2012
Project
2015Work in Progress: the DIY zine from Swedish Studio Reko
2015
Project
2015Another treasure trove of work from Swedish creative Martin Nicolausson
2015
Publication
2026Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Project
2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Project
2011Katrin Greiling: Stockholm Furniture Fair
2011
Project
2014Eclectic graphic skills from Stockholm studio Research and Development
2014
Identity
2019Unmaking Democratic Design explores Sweden’s design identity through chairs
2019
Publication
2019Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
Project
2013Ikea in Swedish shows how to pronounce the names of your favourite furnishings
2013
Publication
2024The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Project
2012Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Project
2017Swedish artist Ekta reconsiders simple geometric shapes
2017
Project
2013Here's mysterious, Swedish magic carpet makers Oyyo and their beautiful rugs. Thanks Wednesday!
2013
Project
2012Excellently gauged info-heavy illustration from Swedish illustrator Nils-Petter Ekwall
2012
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
2012Sweden's money gets a beautiful redesign by graphic designer Göran Österlund
2012
Project
2015Bonkers, beardy and very Swedish new Saatchi & Saatchi Rekorderlig ad
2015
Identity
2013Brilliant visual identity for B-B-B-BOOKS by Swedish design studio 1:2:3
2013
Project
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
Identity
2015Fantastically simple record store branding by Swedish studio Bedow
2015
Project
2016Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Typeface
2018These Swedish kids designed a typeface to celebrate their neighbourhood
2018
Project
2017Swedish illustrator Malin Rosenqvist creates textural works about psychology and powerful women
2017
Publication
2022Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
Motion
2024Studio Frith brings nostalgia and charm to the visual identity of Swedish hotel Ett Hem
2024
Publication
2024“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
Project
2021Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
Project
2018Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Project
2017Ahmet Unver uses photography to explore his Swedish and Turkish roots
2017
Identity
2014Swedish studio Bedow create stylish identity for Essem Design
2014
Project
2012Pure unadulterated stationery porn from Swedish studio Lundgren Lindqvist
2012
Project
2014BVD create a stunning origami S for Swedish design awards
2014
Identity
2021Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Project
2016Swedish illustrator Martin Nicolausson’s delightfully ambiguous portraits
2016