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Designing The Favourite, beautiful book covers, and a big ‘ole library of editable graphs

Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation

How to design a film like The Favourite

“Creating the visual world of The Favourite required selective breaks with historical accuracy. Powell, Stacey, and Crombie studied up on early-18th-century English styles to use as the basis of their work, then tweaked them, creating a slightly off-kilter version of reality.” Color us intrigued. Just a heads up—spoilers ahead.

Credit: Alva Skog

Natsai Audrey Chieza believes designers and scientists can save the world together

Natsai is kind of the coolest, ever. She’s the founder of Faber Futures, an agency working in the field of biotechnology and based in south London. At the forefront of where biotechnology and design intersect, Natsai and her team definitely live up to their “One To Watch” status.

Credit: Jenny Volvovski

Uh, these book covers are beyond beautiful

Nothing much to say. Just a tasty treat for your eyes.

Credit: Yan Holtz

Graphs on graphs on graphs

The D3.js graph gallery is a collection of simple charts made with d3.js—a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. Enjoy hundreds of charts, featuring reproducible & editable source code. Woo!

Credit: Wired

Okay so we (I) have a confession to make

I won a handful of Hula-Hoop contests as a youth. It is, in fact, not an easy feat. For this, we are certain—queue immense appreciation for this world-record-beater. Prepare to be mesmerized.