Gavin Watson’s new photobook is changing the narrative around skinheads
The photographer’s new book Oh! What Fun We Had showcases archival images of his youth growing up as a skinhead, in turn dispelling myths around the misunderstood subculture
How I Work: Vintage Creative Director Suzanne Dean
Suzanne Dean heads up the design team at Vintage, working on cover designs for contemporary and classic novels by Ian McEwan, Virginia Woolf and Haruki Murakami. Here, we talk to her about her creative process, working with authors and the key to a good book jacket
How I Got Here: Leanne Shapton
As a writer, artist, and publisher, Leanne Shapton is a master of spinning plates. CR finds out how a love of Push Pin Studios and growing up immersed in dark tales shaped her creative approach
Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam creates ‘epic’ book for Nike
The tome about retired basketball player Dirk Nowitzki looks to the centuries-old traditions of legends
Sophie Green shoots South London’s ‘white garment’ churches
The photographer’s new series Congregation asks broader questions around collective identity and “power within subcultures”, and is being published as a book by Loose Joints
The undeniable cool of Sanlé Sory’s snaps of Burkino Faso nightlife
When there wasn’t a party to shoot, the photographer simply got in his van with a sound system and made one
Wobbly Sounds celebrates the bygone days of bendy discs
Vinyl might have made a comeback, but there’s no sign, so far, of the flexi disc doing the same. A new book from Four Corners might be about to change that
Penguin publishes Pantone-style guide to poo
Anomaly creative director Matt Roach has designed a set of poo-themed swatch guides, to get readers more intimately acquainted with their personal waste
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