Tag Archives: Paul Rand

heavin’ hoover

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is a classic of paranoid right wing madness. in this book, dear sweet j. edgar hoover (the original g-man and cross-dressing sweetie) sets forth the evidence of a mad commie conspiracy to control our minds (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, Ben Feder, Ben Feder design, graphic design, herbert bayer, j. edgar hoover, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Paul Rand, the clash | Leave a comment

design as a dialog of art?

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: this is one of the two-bit books you find all the time in used books stores. they tend to be racked in the “art book” section, or maybe the “hobbies and crafts” or “how to paint” shelves. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged alexander rodchenko, American Bauhaus Chicago, american graphic design, art chantry, Container Corporation of America CCA, el lissitzky, graphic design, Gyorgi Keepsark Tob, herbert bayer, Herbert Bayer Bauhaus, Herbert Bayer graphic design, Herbert Matter, Leo Lionni, madame pickwick art blog, Madame Picwick, Mey, Milton Glaser, Paul Frand graphic design, Paul Rand, Walter Allner | Leave a comment

pink pussycatz

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: we always get all gooey about paul rand and milton glaser and all them great old master designers. but, ya know, they can’t hold a candle to what we produce on our own. do they?

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged art chantry, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, The Pink Pussycat College, The Pink Pussycat of Hollywood | Leave a comment

not close enuff

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) william golden designed the brand/identity/corporate graphic system (and, of course that amazing logo) for william paley’s CBS broadcasting corp. back in the late 40′/early 50′s. with this incredibly sophisticated and extraordinarily smart effort and his … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, american graphic design history, Andy Warhol, art chantry, ben shauhan, david stone martin, George Olden, graphic design, Herb Lubalin, lou dorfsman, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Paul Rand, reid miles, reid miles blue note, william golden, William Paley | Leave a comment

the decorators: artistic purity?

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) yesterday i wrote an essay about the shep fairey thing. as ususal, there were opinions tossed around all over the place. that subject is ripe for opinions – all of them lame except my own … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american graphic design, Andy Warhol, art chantry, graphic design, Jeff Koons, Keith Harring, Keith Herring, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Paul Rand, Roy Lichtenstein, Shepard Fairey, Shepard Fairey Joe Strummer, stefan sagmeister | Leave a comment

their generation: digging the hip

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: TALKIN’ ‘BOUT THE BEAT G-G-G-G-GENERATION: Here’s a small sampling of how Jack Kerouac and the Beat writers were presented in their time, and from the relatively recent past. Dig it man. More inspiration from the archives… The … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged alvin lustig, Beat Writers, book of haikus jack kerouac, grove press, Herb Lubalin, Jack Kerouac, jesse marinoff reyes, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Paul Rand, roy kuhlman, the evergreen review, William S. Burroughs | Leave a comment

whimsically condemned

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Dave

Jesee Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design ) The Condemned of Altona (cover and spine-treatment) Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 Design, Illustration + Typography: Paul Rand (1914-1996) In most cases allowing a designer to redraw the company colophon (in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged alex steinweiss, alfred a. knopf, alvin lustig design, e. mcKnight kauffer, frank frazetta, george salter, Jean Carlu, Jean Paul Sartre, jesse marinoff reyes, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, modernism design, nathan gluck, Paul Rand, paul rand design, Steven Heller Alvin Lustig | Leave a comment

wandering into modernist territory

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have this wonderful book called “books for our time” , edited by marshall lee, with written contributions by herbert bayer, merle armitage, john berg, s.a. jacobs, ernst reichl and a forward by george nelson … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged AIGA, Aleister Crowley, alvin lustig, art chantry, bradbury thompson, elbert hubbard, ernst reichl, george nelson, george nelson modernism, gustav stickly, herbert bayer, jack parsons, Jan Tschichold, John Berg, Karl Rove, kenneth anger, L. Ron Hubbard, marshall lee, marshall lee design, max bill, merle armitage, Paul Klee, Paul Rand, s.a. jacobs, Saul Steinberg, typography, wallace berman, william golden, William Morris | Leave a comment

playing chicken

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Perspectives, issue #3 Intercultural Publications (New York)/Hamish Hamilton Ltd. (London), 1953 Design: Paul Rand Art Director: Alvin Lustig A lit quarterly, Perspectives was the British/international version of Perspectives USA, … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged alvin lustig, Art Direction magazine, cleve gray, Eric Bentley, intercultural publications New York, Jacques Barzun, jacques villon, jesse marinoff reyes, Lionel Trilling, Paul Rand, perspectives magazine, perspectives USA, robert lowell, W.H. Auden | Leave a comment

goodbye columbus

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J. ) Goodbye Columbus and Five Short Stories Meridian Fiction, 1960 Design: Paul Rand Rand’s lyrical, playful cover for the paperback version of Roth’s first book—maybe the last time one … Continue reading →