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The story of a beautiful failure: the print redesign for the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger by iA, the Tokyo and Zurich-based firm. The design work was rejected, but it's inspiring. In fact, they applaud the work of the winner of the competition, Tom Menzi. (Thanks to Jay Rosen.) [WD]