Paul Rand
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- jeedoubleu
So I'm not going to name names but someone I work with was HATING on Paul Rand today. "Paul Rand sucks... only 10% of his work is good" etc, etc... I personally think there's a disconnect between the trailblazers of the past and the acknowledgment that designers today stand on the shoulders of giants like Paul Rand, Weather they know it or not.
So having said all that, I was wondering what the designers of today, my fellow QBN'ners, have to say about Paul Rand and his body of work? Or the work of any historic design figure for that matter...
<a href="http://www.paul-rand.com" >Paul Rand 1914-1996</a>
- Jnr_Madison0
- I knew, one day, this would come in handy again.Jnr_Madison
- you have no idea how happy i am for you right now.7point34
- ********0
nostalgia
- PonyBoy0
I do hate Rand.
- PonyBoy0
Fuck you, Rand.
- Nadooy0
I love his writings,
Thats also considered "work"
- Mr_Neue0
Paul Rand is and always will be a legend of the old school ways.
One of the best.
- attentionspan0
maybe hes just ignorant? so dun waste time...
- ********0
I bet Paul Rand never designed with standard css. He sucks.
- ********0
was it fate?
- ********0
I am doin a keynote on paul rand for my class.. and I already know, some of them will say 'baah, ugly, wtf you like him?' 'wuuuut?' '...'I am a fan of rand, i like his work, his idea/concept behind is work and I think this is what most people don't get, the idea in most of his work.
- gramme0
Rand was one of the greats. Let's see if any of your co-workers' logos have a multi-decade shelf life, eh?
- ********0
people are naive about how much they rely on previously established pathways in their work
- stewdio0
"I will solve your problem. And you will pay me."
- I really detest his use of the word "jewel" in this video.thizzbobby
- i have this vid in my keynote.
"..it's the only one we approached"********
- MrT0
I'm sure Paul Rand knew the difference between whether and weather.
- plusminusbox0
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
- paul rand.
- jeedoubleu0
"I don't feel bad about saying I only think a small percentage of his work is good - just being brutally honest. Sure, he's an icon, but that doesn't change the fact that a good portion of his workis painfully average at best."
- ********0
Rand- He straddles the line between pop artist and graphic designer
- utopian0
I liked some of his work, disliked some of his work, overall a decent designer in the right place and the right time in history.
- typist0
just can't find another iconic graphic designer like paul rand today...
- utopian0
To be honest, I appreciate all of Paul Rand's contributions to design as well as David Carson, Milton Glaser, and Erik Spiekermann, etc... But the only designer that I have really ever truely admired would have be Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996).