Tag Archives: Paul Rand

saint paul : step on the hem of his garment

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) …the truth as i see it is that that paul rand had the good fortune to be a great arrogant hustler/salesman. he arrived late on the scene, stole from the best of the best (the pioneers … Continue reading →

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rand about

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have extremely mixed feelings about the life and work and importance of paul rand. in the ‘fine’ graphic design world, he has been elevated to enormously lofty status. he’s often seriously referred to as … Continue reading →

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hands off

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this is a paperback cover by wally wood. he was maybe among the top two or three greatest cartoonists of all time. he did it all. this cover is from a short lived series of … Continue reading →

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turning it into twaddle

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this sort of item drives me crazy. “design culture” has become such a self-fulfilling masturbatory fantasy that the yuppie “good taste” culture has embraced that they even sell “designer name brands” in places like walmart … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged american design culture, art chantry, brendon fraser, craphound zine, ed hardy, graphic design, Pablo Picasso, Paul Rand, sean tejeratchi, The Tea Party | Leave a comment

canned pyramids: american sales polish

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i think it’s high time we talked turkey about auto polish, don’t you? i know that you do…. for along time, i’ve encountered these crazy auto polish canisters (all dated from the 50′s and early … Continue reading →

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the cat the glove and a tale

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Dave

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): my father was not a “good guy.” among his many rather reprehensible attributes was a certain pathological ‘cheapness’. today’s little graphic item of interest is a sign that he used to have pasted on the inside … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft, Uncategorized | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, commercial art taught via mail order, graphic design history, L. Remhart, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, paul rand art for industry, speedball pens, woody guthrie commercial sign painter | Leave a comment

with fins: trapped out of time

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i often get asked to do ‘presentations’ or ‘lectures’ or ‘talks’ (i dunno what to call them) where i stand in front of groups of people and show my work and talk about my ideas. it’s … Continue reading →

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monsters. its a living

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): HERE’S my “mag cover of the day” (or week, or month or whatever) feature (great magazine covers ignored by the mainstream world). this is ‘famous monster of filmland’ #40. the editor was forrest j. ackerman, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged bernie wrightson, Bladerunner movie ron cobb, forrest j. ackerman, frank frazetta, gilbert sheldon, Gloria Steinem, graphic design, harry chester, Harvey Kurtzman, james warren, Jefferson Airplane, Paul Rand, Robert Crumb, ron cobb, ron cobb logo earth day, ron haydock, Terry Gilliam, wilum pugmire | Leave a comment

into the crypt of the subculture

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Art

monsters.a rich american subculture. do we really need another book about paul rand? … by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) My friend dave crider (estrus records) actually has this thing hanging on his office wall. dave is a mad collector and aficionado … Continue reading →

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moods for moderns

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Art

Modernism has become retro…. by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): For my money, the philosophical dialog of ‘modernism’ is probably the most important and the single most interesting and intriguing intellectual/creative discussion of the last century, maybe even in the history of … Continue reading →