Saul Bass

SAUL BASS was a legendry visual communicator of mid 20th century. He is remembered by his works on movie posters, titles and indentity design. In fact,he was the one who interduced animated motion picture title sequences to the world of cinema.

During his 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers including Alfred Hitchcock.Amongst his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict’s arm for Preminger’s The Man with the Golden Arm.The movie’s theme was the struggle of its hero – a jazz musician played by Frank Sinatra – to overcome his heroin addiction.He chose not to show famous Frank Sintara’s face insted he an Arm was shown which a strong symbol of addiction.That cut-out arm caused a sensation and Saul Bass reinvented the movie title as an art form.

He is also known for his simple and strong identity design. You may remember few of his identity designs as United Airlines, AT&T, Quaker, Bell Telephone, United way and Dixie, which are still some of the best-remembered, most iconic logos ever made.He also designed the poster for                                                                            the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

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Born to South Korean parents and lived most of his life in Santiago, Chile… Currently living in New York.He’s a graphic design student,(although he’ve been freelancing for about 3 years)

he has one of the most impressive poster gallery on flickr! 

Visit his flickr page here

He also compose a lot of music during his freetime… “It’s not the best stuff in the world, but it works for me as I pop up a few of my songs in my ipod and daze off on my way to school” he says

Here is a song and the video composed and edited by him. Small, but quite interesting… have a look

Shigeo Fukuda

Shigeo Fukuda was born in 1932 in Tokio (Japan). He graduated in fine art from Tokio National University in 1956, where he’s now honorary professor.

Paul Rand initially caught sight of his work in an issue ofJapanese Graphic Design Magazine. Realizing Fukuda’s great potential as a world-class designer, Rand helped arrange his first United States exhibition at New York City’s IBM Gallery.

During the 1960’s, Shigeo Fukuda became interested in illusionism.When it comes to illusionism, Fukuda practices what he preaches. The countless awards he continues to win worldwide are a living testament to his power of graphic legerdemain.Fukuda dramatically shatters all cultural and linguistic barriers with his universally recognizable style. 

You can visit his poster design gallery here

Traditionally, People looked to the West for innovative solutions. This is no longer the case. The winds are shifting toward an easterly direction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHADOW SCULPTURE

This shadow sculpture of a motorcycle is built entirely out of welded forks, knives, and spoons. It is based on an earlier concept that Fukuda exhibited in his 1965 show, “Toys and Things Japanese.” Fukuda wanted to create a three-dimensional object in which the shadow, as opposed to the actual form, represented the actual object. Fukuda was to remark that it is extremely difficult to create a three-dimensional object in this fashion that allows light to evenly penetrate in this fashion. Fukuda utilized 848 pieces of cutlery to construct this work.

Just enough is More

Yesturday while going through Milton Glaser’s website i read his article ‘Less is not necessarily more”

I should say i was quite influenced by his writing. This has now become a kind of mantra for modern designers. Less is More. Now imagine a extencively intricate indian mughal art or miniature painting or beautifully hand woven carpets or a rich Persian rug, where do you in any way recall LESS? But it definately is more. As Milton Glaser very rightly says that every part of that design, every change of colour, every shift in form is absolutely essential for its aesthetic success. You cannot prove that a single color plain ceiling or carpet or rug is ,in any way, superior to all these beautiful pices of art. He has however given an alternative proposition which is more appropriate: 

“Just enough is More”

Unworn variety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nidhi Malhotra is a Los Angeles based Graphic Designer / trendwatcher / eco-fashion enthusiast. She grew up near Delhi, India. Her work is nice to have a look at, but the best thing i like about her is the variety of areas she works upon along-with her tendency to explore. From Graphic to Fashion to photography to illustrations, she has got her hands on all.

Link to her website: http://www.unworn.nu/