New Visual Artists
Our annual profile of 20 of the hottest designers, illustrators, and photographers under 30.
INTRODUCTION BY JAMES GADDY

Our 45th Student Cover Competition
O Canada! An all-Canadian final shines a spotlight on students and professors from north of the border.
INTRODUCTION BY CLAIRE LUI

Art School Confidential
A guide to 34 of the most interesting design programs around the world. BY MONICA RACIC

DEPARTMENTS

UPFRONT
Elliott Earls, Onkel & Onkel, and a look at events happening this month.

SHELF LIFE
Wrap rage solved, Christian rock icons, and cover artists in love.

OBSERVER
What should "relational aesthetics" mean to graphic designers?
BY RICK POYNOR

MONOLOGUE
John Maeda goes on a quest to find the heart of the creative process.

PLACE
A design school in Finland experiences the growing pains of a merger.
BY JAMES GADDY

EPHEMERA
A new column debuts with a tiny treasure: miniature books.
BY PENNY WOLFSON

DIALOGUE
Steve Brodner, caricaturist. BY STEVEN HELLER

BACK ISSUE
Vol. 28/No. 2: A look back at the creator of Fritz the Cat.
BY MARTIN FOX

DESKTOP
The brave new world of online ads.
BY ANDREI HERASIMCHUK
Plus: An animation program for pros, and obsessions from PK and Su.

BOOKS
Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&!, by Art Spiegelman
REVIEW BY MIKE DOOLEY

Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, by Leanne Shapton
REVIEW BY AARON BRITT

The Destruction of Lower Manhattan, by Danny Lyon; and The Transparent City, by Natasha Egan, Geoff Manaugh, and Michael Wolf
REVIEW BY BRIAN SHOLIS

END PRODUCT
Doors made from champagne and love juice.
BY JAMES GADDY