Documenting the rapidly changing street art scene in Las Vegas
Street Art Las Vegas features anonymous works alongside pieces by well-known names, and documents changing attitudes to public art in the Nevada city
Former Ubisoft designer Liam Wong’s cyberpunk photos of nocturnal Tokyo
Wong’s images reflect an unusual and compelling vision of Japan’s capital, while also containing intriguing visual links to his former career as a games designer
A look back at the lost art of playing outside
Hoxton Mini Press’ new photobook sees joyful images of children using skipping ropes and making giant snowballs, and includes photos by Shirley Baker, Martin O’Neill and Paul Kaye
No, No, No, No, Yes uncovers the secrets of book design
Dozens of rejected book cover designs are published in No, No, No, No, Yes, which explores the sometimes tortuous process of getting a book’s graphic identity approved
Rethinking the ‘urban flotsam’ that is the plastic bag
It’s one of the most mundane pieces of design imaginable, but a new book is finding beauty in the plastic bag and encouraging us to take greater care over the objects we use every day
Dangerous ideas on the business of life from James Victore
In his new book Feck Perfuction, designer and educator James Victore offers some sage – and sometimes brutal – advice on how to make better creative work and (hopefully) live a happier life. We extract the book here
The creation of still-life masters Coppi Barbieri
Photography duo Coppi Barbieri are among the most sought-after commercial photographers in the world, creating imagery for brands like Chanel and Gucci. A new book tracks how they developed their style
Antony Cairns’s sci-fi images explore the “jigsaw puzzle of the city”
A new book, CTY, by artist Antony Cairns brings together dozens of enigmatic images of the ‘megalopolis’, taken late at night in eerily empty parts of New York, Tokyo, London and LA
Illustrated children’s book aims to raise awareness of climate change
Danish green energy firm Ørsted and Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam have created the new book Is This My Home?, which aims to get kids thinking about climate change and features stunning illustrations by Yeji Yun
Taschen launches book celebrating NASA’s 60 years in space
The images contained in Taschen’s new book on NASA are embedded in our cultural consciousness: boot prints on the moon, the hovering international space station and panoramas of earth from space
Leanne Shapton paints watercolour covers for Thomas Bernhard reissues
Faber & Faber has released a set of five Thomas Bernhard novels, accompanied by a series of abstract covers created by Leanne Shapton
Inside the Hay Festival Experience
Reading is usually perceived as a solo activity, but the Hay Festival has turned it into a community experience. We talk to founder Peter Florence about why a live event works for literature and how they’ve spread the Hay brand around the world