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either does the new track of the same name by music producer and DJ Sharpson featuring a video by Niall Cutler, starring Hannah Mamalis, which is “a love letter to Kate Bush’s trippy music videos” youtube.com/c/sharpsonmusic ROADMAP Michael McDermott FORGO FAKE IT ’TIL YOU MAKE IT “This is the notebook of an artisan who persistently moves forward on her own path – a wonderful guide demonstrating how on-screen realities are constructed out of forgery,” says Ha-jun Lee, the Oscar-nominated production designer of Parasite. Praise as on point and sizzling hot as this could only be directed at a peer, and our adopted Annie Atkins is certainly one of those. Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking is a behind-thescenes look at the extraordinary and meticulous design of graphic objects for film sets of which Annie has a wealth of experience and is best known for her association with Wes Anderson. Opening with a love letter from none other than Jeff Goldblum… “Annie makes the unreal seem hyperreal and the real more supremely alive and utterly magical.” Atkins goes on to enlighten us about 170 of her original graphic props. Up next will be Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Spielberg’s West Side Story. Phaidon, £24.95 Q&A and book signing in Hen’s Teeth on Thursday March 19 at 6pm ‘We knew nothing about the personal care industry, we just knew it was very wasteful,” says Allon Libermann, design manager at Form Us With Love. And so, he and his team set about creating the Swedish studio’s new sustainable personal care brand Forgo. Aimed at permanently dispensing with the plastic bottle of handwash, they have subtracted the water leaving a powder substance in paper sachets. It’s a subscription-based service and your starter pack includes a reusable frosted glass bottle made in Portugal. They are currently running a Kickstarter campaign until March 25. For €35, you can bin the plastic and select from three scents – neutral, citrus and wood. Of course, soap exists too. forgo.se formuswithlove.se 8