Issue 326 - Digital Version

Issue 326 of Graphis magazine presents the following articles: Andrea Modica: Coming Into the Picture, by Lyle Rexer; Matteo Thun and the Death of Design, by Andrea Lee; Sandstrom: Almost Threatening, by Fred Moody; Michael Nash: The Two-in-one Firm, by Hugh Aldersey-Williams; Gyro: In the Eye of the Storm, by Warren Berger; James McMullan: Peopling Posters, by Mel Gussow; Peter Greenaway: Against the Tyranny of Cinema; and Frank Zachary, by Véronique Vienne. CONTENTS 4 Editorial 6 Contributors 10 The Book on the Bookshelf Reviewed by Phil Presby 10 Fotografiks Reviewed by Ken Coupland 12 Beyond the Abstract Cabinet Reviewed by Lyle Rexer 12 Tihany Design Reviewed by Jamie Reynolds 14 Found Image: In Praise of the Imperfect By Rick Poynor 16 Report from the AIGA By Véronique Vienne 18 Consumer Products By Yanitza Tavarez 26 Andrea Modica: Coming Into the Picture Haunting and homey at the same time, Modica's platinum print photographs take us to one of the most conflicted places we can know: the personal. By Lyle Rexer 38 Matteo Thun and the Death of Design Architect/designer Matteo Thun has a lot going for him, and for us he has an eerie prediction for the future of design. By Andrea Lee 46 Sandstrom: Almost Threatening Being small gives this Portland firm room to be in your face. Match their little scale with their big success and you get a whole new set of challenges. By Fred Moody 62 Michael Nash: The Two-in-one Firm A couple of British designers who also happen to be couple, Anthony Michael and Stephanie Nash practice in a high-fashion state of mind. By Hugh Aldersey-Williams 74 Gyro: In the Eye of the Storm This Philadelphia ad agency is where political correctness goes to die. Calling the shots is the admired, loathed and controversy-loving Steven Grasse. By Warren Berger 84 James McMullan: Peopling Posters As his posters for the Lincoln Center Theater illustrate so well, McMullan knows how to literally draw people in. By Mel Gussow 96 Peter Greenaway: Against the Tyranny of Cinema 104 Frank Zachary By Véronique Vienne 110 Type Directors Club 110 Art Directors Club 111 German By Heinke Jenssen 129 French By Caroline Droz 146 D.B. Dowd Illustrator/Printmaker 150 IDSA Designs of the Decade 154 Sadik Karamsutafa Poster Designer 156 Eva Zeisel Product/Furniture Designer