Malaysia Design Archive

Malaysia Design Archive

Design Education | Designs . Politics . Artifacts | Rekabentuk . Politik . Artifak . Understanding Malaysian history through Graphic Design

Magazine: Filmalaya

1954 Filmalaya, a magazine focusing on screen and theatre news. This October issue features Anne Bancroft and Robert Wagner. Edited by Donald Davies and published by Cathay Publicity Dept.

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Magazine: Majallah Bahasa Kebangsaan

1962 'Majallah Bahasa kebangsaan', an educational magazine targeted to Chinese to encourage and educate the learnings of the national language - Malay.

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Magazine: Qalam

1961 Qalam magazine

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Magazine: 1974 Julai Mastika

Mastika magazine issue July 1974 titled - 'Mastika - Kunjungan Sejarah Razak Ke Peking'.

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Cover : Takbir Kehidupan

School text book in Malay Jawi from 1935

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Cover : Hidayat Yang Pertama

School text book in Malay Jawi from 1939

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About This Project

This project is an attempt to trace, map and document the development of graphic design in Malaysia.It is also a project to highlight the importance of archiving as a way to protect and preserve our own visual history.