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Design, form, and chaos

Author: Paul Rand
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1993.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Paul Rand's stature as one of the world's leading graphic designers is incontestable. For half a century his pioneering work in the field of advertising design and typography has exerted a profound influence on the design profession; he almost single-handedly transformed "commercial art" from a practice that catered to the lowest common denominator of taste to one that could assert its place among the other fine
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Named Person: Paul Rand
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Rand
ISBN: 0300055536 9780300055535
OCLC Number: 27972555
Description: xii, 218 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents: Form + Content --
Good Design Is Goodwill --
Intuition and Ideas --
Logos...Flags...Street Signs --
The Presentation --
Next --
The Limited --
The IBM Logo --
AdStar Advanced Storage and Retrieval --
IDEO Design --
Morningstar Investment Advisers --
Computers, Pencils, and Brushes --
Aspects of Book Design --
A Mentor --
From Cassandre to Chaos.
Responsibility: Paul Rand.

Abstract:

Paul Rand's stature as one of the world's leading graphic designers is incontestable. For half a century his pioneering work in the field of advertising design and typography has exerted a profound influence on the design profession; he almost single-handedly transformed "commercial art" from a practice that catered to the lowest common denominator of taste to one that could assert its place among the other fine arts. Among the numerous clients for whom he has been a.

consultant and/or designer are the American Broadcasting Company, IBM Corporation, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. In this witty and instructive book, Paul Rand speaks about the contemporary practice of graphic design, explaining the process and passion that foster good design and indicting faddism and trendiness. Illustrating his ideas with examples of his own stunning graphic work as well as with the work of artists he admires, Rand discusses such topics as: the.

values on which aesthetic judgments are based; the part played by intuition in good design; the proper relationship between management and designers; the place of market research; how and when to use computers in the production of a design; choosing a typeface; principles of book design; and the thought processes that lead to a final design. The centerpiece of the book consists of seven design portfolios - with diagrams and ultimate choices - that Rand used to present.

his logos to clients such as Next, IDEO, and IBM.

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