Graphic 03

Profile: In this issue we run an in-depth portrait of Swiss creative collective BURO DESTRUCT nEssays: LUCIENNE ROBERTS (SANS + BAUM) turns against Explicitness and MARC A VALLI on GRAPHIC REALISMnOther features:n?In 'Feet on the Ground' Rem Koolhas's and Galahad Clarke talk about T UNITED NUDE, their new avant-guarde shoe design adventure n?In 'Real Brands, What is a real brand? How do you make it real?' Mairie Duthie interviews PAUL SMITH, Diesel, Levis, Bloomberg (among others)n?In 'Pledge Allegiance' Rosanna Vitiello looks at Patriotism & Flags and their relationship with brands and logos n?Sebastian Campos interviews Berlin-based fashion designers BLESSn?Sam Baker looks at the latest trends in computer gamesnPortfolio feature: we look at the work of US moving graphics & animation studio PSYOP, www.psyop.tv nPlus stunning & extremely explicit visual contributions by: n?Laurent FETIS (graphics, France)n?Build/Michael Place looks at the notion of graphic-design as pornography (graphics, UK)n?Christiane Weism?ller & Jan Grygoriew (graphics, Germany) n?Karen Jane's thong alphabets (graphics/typography, UK)n?Mathias Huene's Lego Kamassutra (graphics, lego, Germany)n?Yewkee Chung & Bettina (illustration & photography, Holland & Sweeden) n?Miriam Skovholt's: Dad's Wall (graphics & photography, Norway)n?FLORENCE MANLIK's sensual forms (illustrations, France) n?TAKESHI HAMADA (illustration & graphics, Japan) n?Olga Okun's Meatmarket Girls (illustration, UK) n?Soo K. Kim/Liquid Paper (illustration, US) n?Newtasty (graphics & illustration, UK) n?SEB JARNOT's (painting & illustration, France)n?YUKO SHIMIZU's explicit alphabet (illustration, US) n?MATMO's photography based project (graphics & photography, Holland) n?Shivon Bratchell: the city as a cinema screen (photography, UK)n?PETER BESTE (cover) haunting portraits of Norwegian Black Metal fans (photography, US)n?Rafa?l Rozendaal's extremely graphic short story (graphics, Holland/Brazil)n?DR LAKRA fantastic tattoo masterpieces (art, tattoo art, Mexico)n?Viola Simoncioni's mirror (self) portraits (fashion photography, Italy) nSpecial feature: Graphic 03 will come with a sheet of censorship stickers (which the sensitive reader can use to cover whatever offends his/her discerning taste)nConversation: (due to busy schedules it may not make it for issue 3 and might now be for issue 4).nPhotography, Art, Fashion: Spot the Difference. In the conversation seminal photographer NADAV KANDER meets Filmmaker & Tank Magazine Founder MASSOUD GOLSORSKHI.