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November / December 2000
Cover Image: Photo: Koji Ysukochi by Kazumasa Nagai
The 325th issue of Graphis magazine contains the following articles: Kazumasa Nagai’s Wilderness, by Maggie Kinser Saiki; Geof Kern and the Spaces In Between, by Dick J. Reavis; Del Terrelonge: Creating an Alternate Universe, by Kalyani Vittala; Gavino Sanna: The Shootist, by Nicole Bullock; Cahan & Associates: The Defibrillators, by Ken Coupland; Randall Wilson: The Mentor, by Stuart I. Frolick; Kalle Lasn: Ad Buster, by Rick Poynor; and Matthew Carter: Man of Letters, by Ken Shulman.
CONTENTS
4 Editorial
7 Contributors
10 Diego Rivera Reviewed by Peter Jaskowiak
10 Crimes of War Reviewed by Lyle Rexer
11 Op Art By Brad Holland
12 The New (Visual) Journalism By Rick Poynor
13 Consumer Products By Yantiza Tavarez
16 Kazumasa Nagai's Wilderness
As head of the Nippon Design Center and one of the world's leading designers, the Japanese graphic master manages to be both the center of a crowd and utterly alone. By Maggie Kinser Saiki
28 Geof Kern and the Spaces In Between
Adamantly refusing to be pigeonholed, Geof Kern manages to escape every definition except one: great photographer. By Dick J. Reavis
40 Del Terrelonge: Creating an Alternate Universe
Busting through all the barriers set before him, Terrelonge's design work has bounded into print, onto the web and into every facet of his new holistically-designed hotel in Toronto. By Kalyani Vittala
54 Gavino Sanna: The Shootist
In Italian advertising, he may not end up being the last man standing, but Sanna is still working to ensure that his exit--like the rest of his career--is a subtle blaze of glory. By Nicole Bullock
72 Cahan & Associates: The Defibrillators
To Say Bill Chan's San Francisco design company does things a little differently is an understatement. But what would you expect from the firm that has electrified and glamorized the once-stodgy field of annual reports? By Ken Coupland
88 Randall Wilson: The Mentor
Drawing on influences as diverse as Apache art and Elvis Presley, Wilson's SCI-Arc workshops are free-spirited work in progress featuring the adventure-of-doing. By Stuart I. Frolick
96 Kalle Lasn: Ad Buster By Rick Poynor
102 Matthew Carter: Man of Letters By Ken Shulman
108 Type Directors Club
108 Art Directors Club
109 Global Report
111 Passings
113 German By Hainke Jenssen
129 French By Caroline Droz
146 Heikki Orvola Glassware Design
150 Helmut Brade Poster Design
154 Au Gloppen Book Design