IdN v15n5: The Geometric Issue
Shaping up to geometric design




Our Mountain. Paris, France.
Filmed and edited by Yves Marchon
Courtesy of Steven Harrington

It is probably the most difficult design form to define since in many ways it underpins the entire discipline. But one thing it is not, in the hands of our 10 featured practitioners, is cold and calculating. They each explain how geometry shaped their design world – and why they feel so passionately about it. And their selected artwork helps to square the circle.

Contents:
Playback: Back to what was once the future
Idea: All About Eve
Top Talent: Ready for the "real" world?
26 Ways of Graphic Retailing
Feature: Shaping up to geometric design
Fashion: From an idea to a style to a trend
Videogame: First the Power, now the glory
Postcard: Reviving a lost art
POTM

Specifications:
117 pages
6 varying paper stocks
4C process, spot UV
94 minutes DVD Video included
RRP: US$15, £10, €15, HK$70, RMB50, NT295

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Bonus DVD Contents:

Opening Title by Freestyle Collective

Playback:
// Kotoc Produccsions
// Shadowplay Studio

Feature:
// Benoît Bodhuin
// Steven Harrington
// Vaughan Ward

Pick of the Month:
// FunkFu
// Lydia Selimalhigazi
// Pepa Prieto
// Wieden+Kennedy

Extras: Short Films:
// Newspeak
// PostPanic
// tokyoplastic
// Trollbäck & Company
// Wolfram Kampffmeyer

Extras: Music Video:
// Bevis Martin & Charlie Youle
// leftchannel
// Manuel Werner
// Newspeak
// Sebastian Haslauer & Sebastian Koch
// The Rumpus Room

Extras: TVC:
// Barbecue
// Digital Kitchen
// Motion Theory
// Psyop
// tokyoplastic

Extras: TV Promo:
// Adolescent
// Blacklist
// Sixty40
// tokyoplastic

Extras: Others:
// Adolescent
// Digital Kitchen
// Newspeak

All regions / MPEG-2 / 94 minutes / Dolby Digital

YB Box Trailer by W+K China
Chinese Beatbox Documentary
Directed by Liu Feng


Postman Returns by PostPanic
Directed by Mischa Rozema
Music by Massive Music
Produced by and Courtesy of PostPanic

Feature: Shaping up to geometric design
– Benoît Bodhuin
– Siggi Eggertsson
– Melvin Galapon
– Steven Harrington
– Maya Hayuk
– Fanette Mellier
– Niessen & de Vries
– Felice Varini
– Vaughan Ward
– Yokoland











Playback: Back to what was once the future
There was a time was when the simple combination of live action with animation was where motion graphics was at. In the overwhelming welter of technology that has since swamped this field, have we lost sight of the intrinsic beauty of the formerly straightforward approach? Two studios who believe in going back to basics, Spain’s Kotoc and Shadowplay from Los Angeles, share their thoughts with us.





Idea: All About Eve
Are women better at expressing the essence of femininity through their art than men? It is an age-old question and we don’t claim to have the answer to it. But we do have some strong views on the subject from four well-known female artists / designers. And, of course, some very sexy artwork.







Top Talent: Ready for the "real" world?
This issue’s "Top Talent" is fully loaded - with not just one but three aspiring young student designers. Are they ready to make the leap from college to professional studio? And how do they feel about this challenge? You can assess their chances by reading what they have to say – and viewing the work of Ask Spurr, Colin Chow Martin aka Exilic Mind, and Zena Santos. We think you’ll be impressed.



26 Ways of Graphic Retailing
"A" does not necessarily stand for apple, or "B" for boy. Let Büro Discount introduce you to what each of these 26 letters of the alphabet summons up in their creative minds.

Fashion: From an idea to a style to a trend
The growing symbiosis between graphic design and fashion was explored in depth in our v14n3 issue devoted to the subject. We are following up with a regular series on graphic designers who have become involved in the appealing world of apparel, kicking off with this focus on the work of Eat Sleep Work/Play and Jiggery Pokery from the UK, both of whom are becoming increasingly connected with clothing.







Videogame: First the Power, now the glory
An in-depth peep into the creative minds behind Power Graphixx, who have graduated from print design to making a breath-taking contribution to the art of videogames. In an exclusive interview at his Tokyo headquarters, co-founder Masahito Hanzawa talks about the future – both of the games industry and his own pioneering studio.





Postcard: Reviving a lost art
Husband-and-wife team Melissa and James Buchanan fell in love with silkscreen printing- and with each other – when they were in college together. Now they are a team both personally and professionally, working under the studio name The Little Friends Of Printmaking. Portray their works in the size of a postcard and you will be struck by the beauty of silk screening and the delicacy of their design.