FEATURES
Style Book
With her work at Junior Bazaar magazine, Lillian Bassman's postwar sensibility became much better known than her reputation. BY AARIS SHERIN

Flowers in a Gale
A secret script written by women in China survived crushing poverty and the cultural revolution, but will it survive capitalism? BY EVE KAHN

Extraordinary People
Peter Buchanan-Smith isn't like other designers—which may explain why the profession loves him so much. BY COLIN BERRY

The Dark Stuff
Renée French's cuddly, creepy characters pose a dilemma for kids and grown-ups alike: Should you run away or venture closer? BY DAN NADEL

First Person: Living Ornament
MFA students at Maryland Institute College of Art explore the possibilities of ornamentation. INTRODUCTION BY ELLEN LUPTON

The Art of Self-Defense
The most radical graphics in 1960s San Francisco were Emory Douglas's designs for the Black Panthers. BY AYANA BALTRIP-BALAGÁS

PRINT's 42nd Student Cover Competition
Students milk our annual competition for all it's worth. INTRODUCTION BY JAMES GADDY

New Visual Artists Review
PRINT's annual presentation of the 20 brightest design stars under 30 years old. INTRODUCTION BY JAMES GADDY

DEPARTMENTS

Contributors
Where we're calling from.

Letters
"I'm going to play devil's advocate for French cartoonist Jean Plantureux."

F.O.B.
Hermann Zapf's birthday party, Billy Joel's self-portrait, a controversial new symbol for the Red Cross, and more.

Shelf Life
An updated Greatest Hits, a redesigned paperback, and ready-to-eat meals—all with diminishing returns.

Monologue
Not Like Us George Lois recalls Esquire's glory years and smacks down the "sycophants" in today's media establishment.

Observer
True Stories The taste for found images indicates our hunger to experience unmediated reality. BY RICK POYNOR

Newsstand
Extreme Makeover A metro daily gropes for young hearts and wallets with new colors and new fonts. BY BRUCE N. WRIGHT

Dialogue
Paul Budnitz Founder, Kidrobot. INTERVIEW BY STEVEN HELLER

In Print
Vol. 3/No. 4 In its first issue after World War II, PRINT gave U.S. design education a failing grade. BY MARTIN FOX

Desktop
Magazines' Next Wave Paper-free publishing. BY RICH HOXSEY

Books
Masters of American Comics, edited by John Carlin, Paul Karasik, and Brian Walker
REVIEW BY MILTON GLASER

Illustration Now!, edited by Julius Wiedemann
REVIEW BY SCOTT DADICH

The Game Design Reader, edited by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
REVIEW BY JAKE BARTON

Studies
Innie or Outie? How a designer shapes a guiding design philosophy is a hotly contested education topic. BY PETER HALL

End Product
Hidden Meanings BY PAUL LUKAS