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This week’s BOTW takes a look at a series of photographs that depicts everyday objects in an unusual way, shares the results of different people’s perceptions of famous logos and a peek at this year’s winners of the British Wildlife Photography Award. Enjoy!
After Weinstein, Louis CK and Kevin Spacey, Broadly asks if this could be the dawn of an actual cultural shift. (Jenny)
Studio Pizza has produced a zine in tribute to the late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington. With You is a reflection on the life and work of the Nu-metal pioneer and profits from sales will be donated to The Samaritans. (Owen)
A look at the ways in which Jean-Michel Basquiat attacked the lack of film roles for black talent in his works. (Beccy)
Between 1897 and 1918, photographer William Bullard took over 5,400 photographs of his neighbours , many of whom were African-American and Native-American, which have remained untouched and unpublished until now. (Ruby)
William Bullard: portrait of the James J. and Jennie Bradley Johnson Family, 1900
This series by Katerina Kamprani depicts everyday objects, just more uncomfortable. (Ruby)
Topboy is returning to our screens and will be produced by …Drake? Give the man a British passport already. (Jenny)
The Guardian showcased the winners of the British Wildlife Photography 2017 award. This year Daniel Trim’s airport-roosting pied wagtail (below) won the competition. (Beccy)
Daniel Trim: Heathrow roostings, British Wildlife Photography Awards 2017
New Dimensions in Testimony is a moving short film about a Holocaust survivor immortalising her story for future generations by becoming a hologram. (Ruby)
AdAge asked a group of brand experts and a group of consumers about their favourite logos, and the results are pretty different. (Jenny)
How the BBC news website has changed over the past 20 years. (Beccy)
Who to follow
- Chaotic, colourful and absurdly creative, it's Landfill Editions latest release
- Is it possible to make “art for art’s sake” as an artist of colour?
- Colour for Change: Navine G. Khan-Dossos on her residency with the patients of St Mary’s Hospital
- A peek inside Apartamento magazine’s new blockbuster book
- Jae Ee’s graphic design practice embodies today’s vernaculars
- A hum of publishing activity at a trio of Manchester book fairs
- Good Type’s new fonts continue to rivet the typographic community
- The internet responds to Banksy’s self-destructive act of art
- A painting of "The Republican Club" is now hanging in the White House
- Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records documents the origins of Jamaican and British youth culture
- Area of Work's CGI objects will make you do a double take
- Photographer Andrea Artemisio's wacky realisations breathe fresh air into magazine editorial
