Finding Aids

Welcome to Malaysia Design Archive finding aid catalogue. 

These finding aids allow you to explore the records of thousands of materials i.e. ephemerals, working drafts, magazines, out-of-print publications, objects that we provide home for.

Malaysia Design Archive documents design, arts, politics and culture materials of Malaysia experiences.

Our collecting area includes (but not limited to) visual materials (posters, paintings, advertisements, photographs, etc.); graphic design and typography works; Malaysian politics materiality; labour and social history; as well as feminist and women’s history.

This catalogue will continually be updated, and we are always working to increase the number of records available for research. We add materials to the catalogue as soon as possible but if you cannot find what you are looking for then please do get in touch.

All the materials can be accessed through an on-site visit. For remote viewing, please contact us for further information.

To view our digital collections, see here.

Get in touch with our archivist at: archivist@malaysiadesignarchive.org

List of our holdings:

1. Arts and Theatre (1979 – 2010s)
2. Colonial Advertisements Collection (1900s – 1960s)
3. Design in Malaysia (2000s – 2020s)
4. Farid Kamal Architect (1990s – 2010s)
5. Foo Chiwei Collection (1990s – 2010s)
6. Global Feminist Movement (1970s – 2020s)
7. Kamil Yunus Collection (1992 – 2014)
8. Kampung Attap Archive (1900s – 2020s)
9. Labour Party Collection (or Socialist Front Collection) (1960s – 1970s)
10. Low Poh Li Collection (1990s)
11. Majalah (Malay Magazines) (1950s – 1990s)
12. Majalah Wanita (1970 – 1994)
13. Malayan Emergency (1950s – 2010s, predominantly 1960s)
14. Malaysia Daily Ephemerals Collection (1950s – 2010s)
15. Movies and Music (1940s – 2010s)
16. Out-of-Print Publications (1935 – 2000s)
17. Pandemic Archive (2020s)
18. Protests (Global) (2008 – 2019)
19. Pulau Pinang (1980s – 2020s)
20. Reformasi Collection (1995 – 1999)
21. Sastera Melayu / English-Language Books (1960s – 1980s)
22. Schools and Higher Institutions’ Publications (1950s – 1990s)
23. T-shirt Collection (2000s – 2010s)
24. Tsubaki Collection (2010s)
25. Visual Art Collection (1970s – 2020s)
26. Wawasan 2020 (1980s – 2020s)
27. World Review Magazine (1948 – 1953)
28. Yap Han Soo & Sons Collection (1960s – 1970s)