Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

Parkview Square from Arab Street

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Old Arab Bank building Amman

Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt

Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"

Bowl with Arabic Proverb

Guenbri

Guenbri

Rebab

Gumuri

Spear

Nay

Sword with Scabbard

Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription

Jar with Carved Benedictory Arabic Inscription in Thuluth Script

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Bowl with Arabic Inscription

Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Leaf with Arabic Prayers

Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair

Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair

Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading "al-'izz" ("Glory")

Ewer with Repeated Arabic Phrase, "Blessing"

Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes

Ewer with Arabic Proverb, "Devotion Fortifies Action"

Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")

Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan

Ewer with Horsemen Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes to its Owner

Canela Arabic

Lyon Arabic

Graphik Arabic

Arab Open University (logo)

Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region

Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa

Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”

Official Somali National Army "National Force" poster (2023)

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design

Thomas Milo Showing How to Render an Arabic Typeface Digitized

Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type

We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music

Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women

Davina Jogi's The Portrait examines Zimbabwe after Mugabe

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo

By the union of Arabs — Algerian poster

Zimbabwe. One Enemy: Imperialism

Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Zimbabwe. One Enemy: Imperialism [verso]

Album: Arab

Araberreich und Nachbargebiete: Bevölkerung. (Arab empire and neighboring areas: population).

Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London

Logo BBC Arabic

“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

Propaganda poster created by the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party

What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders

From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold

Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in black

WWII Arabic Poster Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Wikiversity logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in white

Logo Qatar National Bank

Wikivoyage logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic vertical in black