Is this one of the top ten magazine covers of the century? Industry body PPA is celebrating its centenary with a search through the past hundred years of striking front pages.You can see the full gallery here.
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Our critic salutes Oscar Niemeyer, the visionary Brazilian architect who died last week, aged 104
‘Cover design by Germano Facetti. The Italian designer Facetti was the head of Penguin design from 1962 to 1971 and initiated the classic – and timeless – style of the 1960s’
From our gallery of classic penguin book covers.
Photograph: Pelican books
Will London become the first city with commuter swim lanes?
Always wanted to swim to work! This proposal by Y/N Studio would transform canals into a swimmable network, from Little Venice to Limehouse
Guardian Art and Design have the full story here.
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Photograph: Ivan Coleman
Pedal-powered mobile coffee shop anyone? Our favourite ideas from the London 2012 Design Festival.
Sid the Sexist’s favourite picnic spot? Maybe, but Northumberlandia is a joy
Charles Jencks’s playful sculpture celebrates the human habit of seeing figures in the landscape
Photograph: AP
Eat your heart out Nasa boy. Rudy Parraga, from Guayaquil, shows his Galapagos iguana-inspired hair design on a street in Quito, Ecuador. Photograph: Guillermo Granja/Reuters
Olympics 2012 in art: Olafur Eliasson’s swirling light show for the Games
Continuing our series of exclusive artworks in response to the Games, Olafur Eliasson – famous for bringing the sun into the Tate Turbine Hall – gets to work with a torch to pay tribute to the speed and dynamism of Olympians. ‘Light generates action: it is an energy transmitter and as physical as anything you will see in the Games,’ says Eliasson
Another great Olympic artwork on our culture site - see the series
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