When graphics are bold and balanced, they’re downright compelling. Everyone from the programmers at Adobe Illustrator to the designers at Wired Magazine to the marketers at the Gyre Department store in Omotosando Hills, Tokyo can agree here. Why else would squares, circles and lines be preloaded in Illustrator 3’s Creative Suite? Jumping to the pages of this month’s Wired, the Will Ferrell feature uses a patterned-blocked pie chart to communicate futuristic topics ranging from designer babies to clean coal. Adding color and textural layering, the Gyre store booklet applies circles for a neutral airy layout. Adding Japanese characters to the video and web component, the simple shading and spiraling technique reminds us that black and white rarely fails, so long as there’s movement, balance and dynamism.