Manhole Covers of the World

You’ll find them all across the world, from Albania, Argentina and Australia, to the United States, the Vatican, and Vietnam. And yet maybe you've never even noticed them beneath your feet, hiding in plain sight. Manhole covers have been part of our world for thousands of years – intensely practical, functional objects, but at the same time featuring an infinite variety of designs, from austere and minimalist to playful and illustrative.

Manhole Covers of the World provides an insight into the fascinating graphic design language of these unique objects, and what they reveal about the societies that produce them. To maximize contrast and impact and to allow a focus on the essential the selected manhole covers from 79 countries are uniformly presented as black and white graphics.