The end matters – on designing a book’s index

While designing a book’s index allows for little creative expression, it’s a task that has its own rewards – turning a collection of pages into a working object

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It’s offensive o’clock in the morning, I’m sweatily clamped into my headphones, my desk a Spirograph of fresh coffee rings. I’ve been here for hours. And right now I’m very aware that I’m not doing two of my favourite things: creating and blinking.