Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1856697525 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 428 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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In 1994, she and her husband, Lance Glover, opened their studio, Treehouse Design Partnership in Los Angeles, working in the areas of environmental graphics, identity and book design.Pat Kirkham is Professor in the History of Design, Decorative Arts and Culture at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture, New Yor
"King of Graphics" according to Rob Hardy. Find the common element among these things: _Psycho_; United Airlines; Quaker Oats; Dixie Cups; _Goodfellas_; the Girls Scouts of America. I picked a grab bag, and I could have included a lot more, to show how diverse the work of Saul Bass was; he did graphics, and more, for all of them. There is no bigger name in graphic design than Saul Bass, and now the. A fitting tribute to a great artist J. Merritt One might fear that a book about a great artist spearheaded by one of his offspring would be overly personal and perhaps too adulatory. This book is neither. While it does certainly pay homage to Bass--as it should, because he was a giant of design--I think it's fair to say that Jennifer Bass and Co. have paid impressive tribute in a book as elegantly and . Design Genius! Paul Manfredi I had been reading a book about Alfred Hitchcock when I first heard the name "Saul Bass". A few years ago, I was reading about a movie called "Seconds" and there was that name "Saul Bass" again. Then I saw a small mention of this book in "Entertainment Weekly" and just had to get it. It took me a while to get to it because I have a tendency to buy more boo
But he didn't, until nowToday, everyone claims to be a multidisciplinary designer, but Bass was one of the first to be commercially successful at it--45 years ago.""Saul Bass Possibly the most famous graphic designer of all timet no definitive monograph of his prolific, monumental work has existed--until now."--The Atlantic"Few cineastes would disagree that, among designers of motion-picture graphics, Saul Bass is the king of them all." --Metropolis"the first major book on his worke book paints an engaging picture of Bass as a vigorous, highly disciplined man with a gift for friendship and sense of fun."--The New York Times, and this same review by Alice
Saul Bass (1920-1996) created some of the most compelling images of American post-war visual culture. With more than 1,400 illustrations, many of them never published before and written by the leading design historian Pat Kirkham, this is the definitive study that design and film enthusiasts have been eagerly anticipating. He also created some of the most famous logos and corporate identity campaigns of the century, including those for major companies such as AT&T, Quaker Oats, United Airlines and Minolta. His best known works include a series of unforgettable posters and title sequences for films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Otto Preminger's The Man With The Golden Arm and Anatomy of a Murder. His wife and collaborator, Elaine, joined the Bass office in the late 1950s. This is the first book to be published on one of the greatest American designers of the 20th Century, who was as famous for his work in film as for his corporate identity and graphic work. Having extended the remit of graphic design to include film titles, he went on to transform the genre. Designed by Jennifer Bass, Saul Bass's daughter and written by distinguished design historian Pat Kirkham who knew Saul Bass personally, this book is full of images from the Bass archive, providing an in depth account of one of the leading graphic artists of the 20th century.. Together they created an impressive ser