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Design Category
Editorial design, 2006
Design firm
Cahan & Associates (San Francisco, California)
Collection
(2007) AIGA 365: 28

Description

The “Balance and Genius” issue includes discussions of many people trying to balance—or not balance—the demands of clients, the differences between mind and body, and the urgencies of life and work. This issue also examines a quartet of buildings striving for balance and beauty, and contains a 16-panel wood-block print—an interpretation of balance through chaos by artist Artemio Rodriguez.

Credits
Art directors: Bill Cahan, Steve Frykholm, Todd Richards
Creative director: Bill Cahan
Designers: Erik Adams, Todd Richards
Illustrators: Brian Carter, Joseph Hart, Artemio Rodriguez
Photographers: Brian Carter, Colin Faulkner, Vivienne Flesher, Catherine Ledner, Andy Sacks, Robert Schlatter, Heimo Schmidt
Production artist: Clare Rhinelander
Editor: Clark Malcolm
Writers: Brian Carter, Pamela Erbe, Nancy Ramsey, Linton Weeks, Debra Wierenga
Printer: The Hennegan Company
Papers: Mohawk Via 216 gsm cover, Mohawk Via 104 gsm text
Client: Herman Miller
Juror Notes

“Corporate poetry designed to transcend marketing and touch—rewarding.”
“I wanted to stick this one in my backpack and take it home. It’s just gorgeous from cover to cover.”
“I SEE—like I’ve never seen before. Intelligently refreshing.”