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21 October 2016

If you’ve been keen as mustard and pre-ordered your issue of Printed Pages AW16 , then why not have a read of this week’s Best of the Web while you wait for your copy to arrive. We’ve got Nick Knight talking about photographing Erin O’Connor, a typeface made out of Donald Trump’s handwriting and a woman in Australia claims she’s unmasked Banksy, it’s chock full of goodness. We’ve also got a bumper edition of who to follow on social media, you lucky things!

At DKUK in Peckham customers have their hair cut in front of art instead of mirrors. Now it’s looking to expand and has launched a crowdfunding page to raise money , allowing it to increase its capacity for larger scale artworks. (Jenny)

An amazing look into production designer Happy Massee’s new book, from working with Wes Anderson to The White Stripes. (Lucy)

Pentagram has launched an online shop to sell prints from Marina Willer’s LDF show Overlooked , which depict brass rubbings of man hole covers. (Jenny)

Nick Knight talks to The Guardian about his “best” photo, which is of Erin O’Connor wearing a false nose and wielding a sledgehammer – sounds pretty great to us. (Beccy)

Dynamic projection mapping onto deforming non-rigid surface. Amazing what kids are doing these days with projections. (Connor)

Typesetting is a project by Leeds-based store Colours May Vary, where everyone can submit their own imagery of found typography found around the city. (Jenny)

Someone has taken the time to turn Donald Trump’s handwriting into a free typeface called Tiny Hand (Owen)

Ever wondered how the humble pencil is made? Here is a comprehensive run down of all the steps that go into to creating your HB. (Beccy)

Charlie Brooker’s dystopian drama Black Mirror is back for a new series and he talks to Dazed about what we can expect and why he doesn’t look at the news. (Lucy)

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto ( MART ) and New York’s Center for Italian Modern Art ( CIMA ) are planning to reprint The Bolted Book – Depero Futurista , widely considered the first modern artist’s book. Designers & Books has started a Kickstarter . (Bryony)

A woman in Melbourne claims she’s unmasked Banksy – and it is Art Attack presenter Neil Buchanan. Dun, dun, duunnnnnn. (Jenny)

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