Issue 322 - Digital Version

July / August 1999 Cover Image: Featured stories. Graphis magazine Issue 322 has these stories: Olgoj Chorchoj: Limits & Possibilities, by Siegfried Mortkowitz; Jennifer Sterling: Flying Solo, by Michael Kaplan; Scholz & Friends: Bridging East & West in the New Berlin, by William Drozdiak; The Second Act of Howard Schatz, by Ken Shulman; David Lancashire Explores the Heart of Australia, by Virginia Trioli; Vietnam: Reflexes & Reflections, by Larry Heinemann; Bruce McCall: Two-in-One Guy, by Ken Coupland; and Hélène Gordon Lazareff: The Tsarina Who Was ELLE, by Véronique Vienne. CONTENTS 4 Editorial 6 Contributors 8 Asian Pop Cinema Reviewed by Edna Goldstaub-Dainotto 8 Attentions Loop Reviewed by Rynn Williams 10 The Architecture of Yoshio Taniguichi Reviewed by Leslie Sherr 10 Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture Reviewed by Ken Coupland 12 Going Native: A Skeptical Observer Turns Educator By Rich Poynor 14 Shubin + Donaldson: The Glory of Raw Space By Peter Jaskowiak 18 Olgoj Chorchoj: Limits and Possibilities It is not easy being an industrial designer in Prague. Materials are scarce and capital is even more so. But for partners Michal Fronek and Jean Nemecek, scarcity breeds innovation. Call it Czech-ingenuity. By Siegfried Mortkowitz 28 Jennifer Sterling: Flying Solo Sterling's elegant, edgy designs, composed of innovative materials and complex ballets of typefaces, have changed the way people think about annual reports and packaging. By Michael Kaplan 44 Scholz & Friends: Bridging East and West in the New Berlin While other advertising agencies have left Berlin recently, the partner at Scholz & Friends see a city full of promise and plan on staying put. With clever, visually-striking work, they're doing their part to return the city to its former role as the cultural capital of Europe. By Willaim Drozdiak 58 The Second Act of Howard Schatz Giving up a thriving medical practice, Schatz has turned his passion for photograph into a second career more successful than even he could have imagined. By Ken Shulman 70 David Lancashire Explores the Heart of Australia Designing for aboriginal communities in Australia, Lancashire moves in for the duration of a project, camping nearby, and investing his heart and craft in the life of the people. By Virginia Trioli 86 Vietnam: Reflexes and Reflections An acclaimed novelist and vet looks at work at the National Vietnam Veteran's Art Museum and reflects on the nature of art, war, and the still raw legacy of Vietnam. By Larry Heinemann 96 Bruce McCall: Two-in-One Guy By Ken Coupland 102 Hélène Gordon Lazareff: The Tsarina Who Was ELLE By Véronique Vienne 108 Global Report 110 Type Directors Club 112 Art Directors 113 German By Heinke Jenssen 129 French By Caroline Droz 146 German Art Directors Club Annual Awards 154 Tony O'Hanlon Graphic Design