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Bookshelf photo shop
Iconic book cover images create a surreal, alternative history of twentieth century photography
Harare’s unsung type heroes [EXTRACT]
Not even eviction and exposure to the elements can stop the Highfield Art Club from printing
Wayfinding marks from the French Pyrenees
Painted blobs and stripes mark the way for walkers through the Pyrenees
Forensic types
Excavating the history of lettering gives this New York foundry a contemporary edge
Art and art direction – Daniel Eatock
Daniel Eatock’s approach to photography provides a provocative link between conceptual art and an objective, ‘vernacular’ approach to snapshot culture.
Awards madness
Everybody likes to win. But if design competitions destroy creativity and co-operation, what’s the point? By Jason Grant. Infographics by Paul Davis
Working lunch
Mumbai’s dabbawallas deliver 175,000 meals daily to hungry workers using a unique system. By Steve Rigley and Kurnal Rawat
Truth and distortion [extract]
Can caricature ever regain its power to savage and mock the blunderers in high office?