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Tarryne Rolle Sam Grant
Paul Rand Tarryne Rolle Sam Grant
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Biography Was born 1914, died 1996
Helped establish swiss- style of design into the USA Media promotion and book design Advertising 1954 Corporate logos
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Influences European Avant-Garde art Cubism Constructivism De Stijl
German advertising
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Influences Artists Paul Klee Kandinsky Le Corbusier Architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Walter Gropius Mathmatician Alfred North Whitehead Art Critic Roger Fry Philosophical literature John Dewey's Art as Experience
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“Visual communications of any kind, whether persuasive or informative, from billboards to birth announcements, should be seen as the embodiment of form and function: the integration of the beautiful and the useful” Paul Rand: A Designer’s Art “Paul Rand is a man who has shaped and influenced the course of 20th century graphic design to a remarkable degree. His talent, wisdom and philosophy fuse to produce a designer of rare individuality” Quote from Shigeo Fukuda in From Lascaux to Brooklyn
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Magazine work Stock images for newspapers and magazines
Direction magazine Apparel Arts magazine Esquire-Coronet magazine (art- director)
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Corporate work IBM ABC Cummins Engine Westinghouse UPS NeXT computer
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Steve Jobs said in an interview “I asked him if he would come up with a few options, and he said, ‘No, I will solve your problem for you and you will pay me. You don’t have to use the solution. If you want options go talk to other people.’”
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Art Books Illustrations for children's books
Paul Rand: A Designer's Art (1985) Design, Form and Chaos (1993) From Lascaux to Brooklyn (1996)
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References Wikipedia (2007) Biography Paul-Rand.com Available from: rand.com/foundation/biography/#.UlFuANI3suc (Accessed 6th October 2013) Inspirations Available from: (Accessed 6th October 2013) Rochester Institute of Technology Paul Rand Rochester: Rochester Institute of Technology. Available from: (Accessed 6th October 2013) Heller (2000) Paul Rand USA: Amazon/Phaidon. Available from: (Accessed 6th October 2013) Logo Design Love (2010) NeXT logo by Paul Rand Northern Island:Fused. Avaliable from: (Accessed 8th October 2013) Wikipedia (last modified 2013) Paul Rand Wikipedia. Available from: (Accessed 8th October 2013) Paul Rand (1996) From Lascaux to Brooklyn, Connecticut: Yale University Press. Paul Rand (1985) A Designers Art 2002 edition, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
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