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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