Issue 310 - Digital Version

July / August 1997 Cover Image Herb Ritts's Malaika, Hands Touching Feet, Manyra Salt Lake, Africa, 1993. The 310th issue of Graphis magazine contains the following articles: Herb Ritts: The Changing Faces of Humanity, by Michael Kaplan; Emery Vincent: Shaking the Tree, by Virginia Trioli; Wired Ventures: Seeing Digital in a Wired World, by Ken Coupland; Fernando Medina: Time of the Essence, by Rynn Williams; Design & Business: Dysoning up the Competition, by Jan Burney; BJ Krivanek’s Monuments to the Masses, by Juanita Dugdale; and ADCN: Lamps to the Future, by Tracy Metz. CONTENTS 11 Contributors to this Issue 14 Global Report Meier's "Church of the Year 2000", by Gianfranco Mantegna. SVA Panel: "Magazines: Collaborative Design", by Bret Senft. 16 Book Reviews Charles Schorre, reviewed by Rynn Williams. Designing Business: Multiple Media, Multiple Disciplines, reviewed by Ken Coupland. Building a Collective: Soviet Design, reviewed by Edna Goldstaub-Dainotto. 18 Consumer Products Technological innovations in high-end cameras...the interactivity of designer silverware...the art of the modern nutcracker...clocks and locks from the MoMA Design Store. 22 Industry Products Electronic World Without Wires: Unplugged but Still Connected. By Richard Lewin 25 Interview: Jane Alexander The chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts speaks out about the controversies surrounding her agency-and the crucial importance of the arts. By Jacqueline Trescott 28 Herb Ritts: The Changing Faces of Humanity Whether he's photographing native cultures in remote areas of Africa or shooting the stars in Hollywood, Herb Ritts has a gift for enhancing the aesthetics of his subject's persona. By Michael Kaplan 40 Emery Vincent: Shaking the Tree As the creative force behind one of the premier graphic design consultancies in Australia, Garry Emery is unapologetically emphatic about the intellectual basis of good design. By Virginia Trioli 52 Wired Ventures: Seeing Digital in a Wired World After making magazine history with their brash publication about the brave new electronic world, the creators of Wired have discovered some of the business perils of cyberspace. By Ken Coupland 62 Fernando Medina: Time of the Essence Faced with the design challenge of creating "something new and personal," Spanish-born designer Fernando Medina turned to something as old as time itself. By Rynn Williams 70 Design & Business: Dysoning up the Competition Inventor James Dyson found that when he tried to use his vacuum cleaner, "there was hardly any suck." With frustration as the mother of invention, he created a juggernaut. By Jan Burney 74 BJ Krivanek's Monuments to the Masses As a designer, artist, and educator, Iowa native BJ Krivanek has dedicated his career to celebrating people who are shunned, ignored and pushed to the edges of society. By Juanita Dugdale 84 ADCN: Lamps to the Future After experimentation and trendiness, the advertising industry in northern Europe seems headed back to the basics. In the Netherlands, this returns an emphasis on content over form. By Tracy Metz 100 Graphis Call for Entries 102 Type Directors Club News 105 ADC International Review: Art Directors Club Newsletter 145 Graphis Creative Showcase 146 Russian Posters, Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia, by Catherine Burer 150 Susumu Sato, Photography, New York City 152 Michal Batory, Graphic Design, Paris, France, by Chloe Braunstein Danos 154 Machineart, Industrial Design, Hoboken, New Jersey