DESIGNING PORNOTOPIA
Explicit sexual imagery has erupted in every medium and on every surface. While there's plenty of laughing and pointing going on, hardly anyone has stopped to seriously consider its impact. By Rick Poynor

PONY GIRLS OF BERLIN
Found at the Seventh Annual Venus International Fair in Germany: the topless car wash, the electric tongue, and a pyramid of Crisco. Written and illustrated by Danny Gregory

SWEET SPOT
Begone, brown wrappers! Take a hike, trenchcoats! The trappings of sensual rapture have reached a peak of esthetic delight, thanks to a new breed of women-oriented sex shops. By Tristan Taormino

PIXEL VIXENS
From a designer's perspective, online porn and erotica are looking better than ever. They've also proved popular with an unexpected demographic of enthusiasts: young women. By Colin Berry

FOUR ON THE FLOOR
PRINT asked a handful of studios to explore their fantasies and create design-and-sex eye candies for your esthetic pleasure. Guaranteed-to-seduce projects by Jennifer Lew, Trollbäck & Co., karlssonwilker inc., and Modern Dog.

SEX IN THE CITIES
PRINT's global survey of sex museums examines golden phalli in Copenhagen, small porcelain genitals in Paris, and electric buzzing cocks in Los Angeles.

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
A hundred years of school, government, and military lessons on the birds, the bees, and venereal disease have led to a mishmash of information—and the terror of seventh-graders everywhere. By Jessica Glasscock

THE SEX OF 'JOY'
The creators of The Joy of Sex set out to capture two professional models in heat. But after the pair failed to warm up, the book's illustrator and his young German wife took matters into their own hands. By Mark Dery

THE FACE ON THE MEN'S ROOM WALL
How safe is safe sex? Targeted messages, posted where gay men congregate, combat complacency about HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. By Stuart McKee

SCREAMADELICA
Monster penises? Vagina mushrooms? Debasement and disgust? As long as the artwork is good, the French publishing outfit Le Dernier Cri will gleefully explore our most vivid nightmares. By Dan Nadel

SEX, SNUFF + SADISM
Haunted by personal demons, the '70s fashion photographer Guy Bourdin evoked a netherworld of sexuality-ridden and misogynist angst. Sex remains a staple of fashion photography, but is the subject now more pastiche than passion? By Peter Braunstein

SEXPLAYTHINGS
Rules and instructions for six sex games. By Eric Zimmerman / Illustrations by Tim Lane

STRIP TEASE
In their heyday, Tijuana Bibles were the height of comic-strip delight for porno seekers hot to find out what Popeye, Blondie, and Charlie McCarthy were really up to. By Steven Heller

WWW.XXX.NOT
BindiGirl. Your Latina. Real Korean. Pseudoporn sites critique the clichés of the hardcore ethos yet revel in them. Looking for a turn-on? By Rebecca Gray