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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of his neighbours , many of whom were African-American and Native-American, which have remained untouched and unpublished until now.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
- Photographer Craig Gibson shows his strength for putting strangers at ease
- Park magazine's first issue explores the theme of "the copy" in every walk of life
- “Less is enough”: New York’s Edition Studio on graphic design as an editing process
- Michael DeForge explores performing as a "healthy" person in his newest comic, Stunt
- Meet Jul Quanouai, the illustrator making two opposite styles work together
- Forth and Back releases a new book, comprising frozen imagery sourced from Google Earth
- Pentagram rebrands Warner Bros. with a “sleek and clean” update to its shield logo
- Manchester Girls, the new series from Dean Davies, is a visual homage to the women of the north
- Relive the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer through Summer of Something Special
- Viktor Hübner photographs American anxieties amongst a shifting political environment
- Jiří Makovec’s photographs meander between the personal and the universal
- Berlin Wall graffiti is made into a typeface to warn how "division is freedom's biggest threat"
