We would like you to design an alternative cover to ours, with your own headline, and to send it as a pdf attachment to coverstory@economist.com by Monday February 3rd.

What to include One great thing you’d be able to do the week you start. “When writing a cover letter, it’s really important to get into the mind of your reader,” Liou explains.

But lately, another cover design trend has been popping up on this summer’s crop of beach reads: the flat woman. Inspired by the “ flat design ” that’s become standard on the Web, these ...