Yes, this video is several years old, never the less I was just turned on to it and would like to share it with you here.
It’s always fun to see graphic design mentioned in popular culture since it’s normally an invisible profession. John Stossel, from television’s 20/20, takes a brief moment away from scarring […]
Graphic Design Mistakes According to 20/20
August 21st, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: 20/20 · comic sans · graphic design · jessica helfand · john stossel · paul rand · video · winterhouse
Graphic Design Heroes - A series of T-shirts
April 16th, 2009 No Comments
Check out these design-geek T-shirts that pay homage to the styles of the graphic designer they feature. Includes designers such as Paul Rand, Wolfgang Weingart, Jan Tschichold, Josef Muller-Brockmann, Armin Hofmann, and Milton Glaser among others.
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Tags: Armin Hoffman · geek · Graphic designer · jan tschichold · Josef muller-brockmann · milton glaser · paul rand · T-shirt · Wolfgang Weingart
What is Graphic Design?
October 1st, 2008 2 Comments
What is graphic design? It is many things to many people. Below I have gathered quotes of how some great designers and thinkers define graphic design.
“Since prehistoric times, people have searched for ways to give visual form to ideas and concepts, to store knowledge in graphic form, and to bring order and clarity to information. […]
Tags: aiga · communication · define · defininition · ellen lupton · graphic design · herbert bayer · j. abbot miller · jessica helfand · meaning · paul rand · philip meggs · Quentin Newark · quotes · Richard Hollis · saul bass · steve jobs · victor papanek
Paul Rand and Imaginary Forces
July 15th, 2008 2 Comments
Kyle Cooper’s Imaginary Forces has created a short film in honor of Paul Rand. It’s quite a beautiful piece. Paul Rand is one of the most influential and respected graphic designers in history responsible for the ABC, IBM, UPS, and Westinghouse logos. Imaginary Forces is one of the most important contemporary studios specializing in film […]
Tags: abc · graphic design · ibm · imaginary forces · kyle cooper · logo design · paul rand · se7en · seven · spiderman · ups · video · westinghouse
Designer Grid-Based Notepads
July 2nd, 2008 2 Comments
Designer notepads from Art of the Grid have me (and many other designers) drooling. Each notepad has an influential grid printed on it. For example the pad titled Raster Systeme is based on Josef Müler-Brockmann’s must-own book of the same name on grid theory and practice. There are other famous grids as well, such as […]
Tags: a designer's art · art of the grid · die neue typographie · grid it! · grid systems · grid theory · grids · jan tschichold · johannes gutenberg · josef müler-brockman · le corbusier · le modulor · paul rand · products · raster systeme · the bible
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