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Here's a lofty design task that doesn't require a big agency project: Help pick a flag to represent global citizenship. The activists over at Adbusters have narrowed their One Flag competition down to 32 finalists, and you can vote for the winner until March 17. You'll find complex, multilayered efforts—such as a flag woven with one strip from the flag of every country in the world—and simple solutions that elicit an immediate, emotional response: Two human fingerprints overlapping to form a heart.

Here's a lofty design task that doesn't require a big agency project: Help pick a flag to represent global citizenship. The activists over at Adbusters have narrowed their One Flag competition down to 32 finalists, and you can vote for the winner until March 17. You'll find complex, multilayered efforts—such as a flag woven with one strip from the flag of every country in the world—and simple solutions that elicit an immediate, emotional response: Two human fingerprints overlapping to form a heart.

by Michelle Taute

When you finally take up subvertising, this is what you should tell your cameraman sidekick: "If I do get caught, please keep filming." This wisdom comes from Jordan Seiler, who substitutes subversive art for ads on phone booths and subway stations. Seiler kindly let NYC Interactive tag along on a middle-of-the-day mission, and you can see the results here. Right now this online magazine has an entire section dedicated to people who take back public space in the real world and online. Head over to find out if Seiler gets busted and meet a few of his fellow renegades along the way.

by Michelle Taute

Simon Hoegsberg's photography project "We're all gonna die—100 meters of existence" has already created quite a stir. It's a striking 100-meter-long image featuring 178 people that he shot over 20 days from a railroad bridge in Berlin. Now there's an interview with him at the Digital Photography School website that shines a bright flash on motivations and methods behind the project. Learn why he thinks it's optimistic (despite the downer title), how he made it look like all those people were in one place at one time, and when you can see the work in person.

by Michelle Taute

The World Press Photo winners' gallery showcases the best photojournalism of 2008, but it also presses pause at the exact moments when history was made. You'll find Barack Obama sneaking in chin-ups on the campaign trail, Usain Bolt breaking a world record at the Olympics and Chinese citizens making due in post-earthquake rubble. With a mix of single shots and photo stories, this stunning time capsule doubles as a master class in visual storytelling, with techniques that might apply just as well to a brochure or website.

by Michelle Taute

Most magazines are filled with images so slick you might have trouble holding onto the pages. But I Heart Magazine takes the opposite approach, featuring street photography that's authentic, surprising and even downright peculiar. In the debut issue, there are 88 candid black-and-white images culled from 25,000 submissions. People rein supreme in these pages, whether they're in the middle of a backflip or holding impromptu band practice on the sidewalk. The experience crossbreeds the voyeuristic pleasure of Found magazine with the talent of the legendary Weegee.

by Michelle Taute