November / December 1998
Cover Image: Illustration by Guy Billout
In Issue 318 of Graphis magazine, you'll find the following articles: Socio X: Scarily Ahead of the Curve, by Alexandra Lange; Guy Billout’s Parallel Universe, by Véronique Vienne; Pyro’s Mild-Mannered Prophet, by Dick J. Reavis; Walter looss: An Affair with the Moment, by Russell Drumm; The Journals of Dan Eldon, by Alexandra Lange; Philip Johnson: Struggling Young Artist, by Paul Goldberger; and Anna Castelli Ferrieri: Marrying Aesthetics and Technology, by Mel Byars.
CONTENTS
Cover Illustration by Guy Billout
6 Editorial
8 Contributors
10 How Standards Became a Dirty Word By Rick Poyner
16 The Electronic Brochure Gets a Makeover By Ken Coupland
20 Surreality: Localizer 1.2 Reviewed by Laura Cramer
20 Tanaka Ikko: Graphic Master Reviewed by Bill Gubbins
22 Consumer Products By Yanitza Tavarez
32 Socio X: Scarily Ahead of the Curve
Art director for 11 years at the funky, downtown Paper Magazine, the stylish Bridget de Socio talks about her own design firm, the future as she sees it, and why she'd rather be a cause than an effect. By Alexandra Lange
50 Guy Billout's Parallel Universe
The French-born illustrator and philosopher-in-residence at The Atlantic Monthly creates a world of inverted perspective that challenges not only the laws of physics, but our deepest fears. By Véronique Vienne
62 Pyro's Mild-Mannered Prophet
Todd Tilford's campaign to subvert the formula has run into some obstacles: clients committed to the status quo, and an agency landscape dominated by big players. By Dick J. Reavis
76 Walter looss: An Affair with the Moment
More than thirty years ago he helped redefine sports photography. Today, Iooss continues to produce stunning images while exploring new graphic forms. By Russell Drumm
90 The Journals of Dan Eldon
At the age of 22, Dan Eldon was killed while working as a photo-journalist in war-torn Somalia. He left behind a stunning visual legacy-a life story in the form of 12 hand-made, multi-media journals. They now appear as a book. By Alexandra Lange
96 Philip Johnson: Struggling Young Artist By Paul Goldberger
102 Anna Castelli Ferrieri: Marrying Aesthetics and Technology By Mel Byars
106 Global Report
109 Type Directors Club
110 Art Directors Club
113 German By Heinke Jenssen
129 French By Caroline Droz, Thérèse Forbes- Jaeger
146 Institute of Creative Advertising & Design ICAD Awards, Ireland
148 Todd McFarlane Productions Creative Entertainment, USA
150 SOS Kinderdorf Poster Design, Germany
152 Hoffman York Advertising, USA
156 Red Design Consultants Graphic Design, Greece
160 Graphis 1998 Index