Lara Chapman – författare

Sarah Burke is just about perfect. She has killer blue eyes, gorgeous blonde hair and impeccable school grades. She has just one tiny flaw - her nose! But even that''s not so bad as Sarah has the bestest friend and big goals for print journalism fame.

On the first day of senior year, Rock Conway walks into Sarah''s journalism class and rocks her world. The problem is, her best friend, Kristen, falls for him too, and when Rock and Kristen stand together, it''s like Barbie and Ken come to life. So when Kristen begs Sarah to help her attract Rock, Sarah does the only thing a best friend can do - she agrees. What was she thinking?

This retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac is a sweet and witty romance that gently reminds us that we should all embrace our flaws.

Disegno is an international journal dedicated to long-form writing and photography around design. The journal covers all design fields, exploring the political, social, environmental and industrial impact of the discipline. It is published biannually.  

This issue includes: Nifemi Marcus-Bello on the cultural context of unauthored West African design; a 21st-century take on the Sony Walkman; resonances between the Gutenberg Press and smartphones; Front s efforts to copy and replicate Sweden s forests; Project 213A s foot-based entry into furniture; Stephen Burks on what the design industry gets wrong; ProxyAddress s efforts to change the systems surrounding homelessness; designs to create bricks from construction waste by Carmody Groarke, Local Works Studio, Kenoteq and StoneCycling; the marble landscape of Makrana, as explored by Studio Raw Material; smoked Ukrainian ceramics by Danuta Kril; Taf and Artek s tribute to the E27 bulb; Citibin and New York s design war against rats; Felix de Pass s cutlery for Monoware; Fabien Cappello s investigation of Guadalajara s hojalata industry; silver jewellery by Hall Haus; Claude Dutson s research into subverting the proprietary architecture of Silicon Valley; a study of climate control at the Boijmans Depot; and the fitness connotations of Terje Ekstrøm s wiggly chair.