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iPhone wallpapers

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Spice up your phone with custom Paul Rand wallpapers, designed for the iPhone.



Grab them here


New books covers

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

A few new book covers have been added to the Books section.


Modern Temper (1956)


The Social History of Art Volume 2 (1957)


H. L. Mencken on Politics (1960)- improved picture


Pandora’s Box (1962)


Paintings section added!

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

A new section of paintings by Rand has been added. These works were printing in the book "Paul Rand: His Works from 1948 to 1956". A nice selection of oils, gouache and pastel and ink drawings.

See them here


Newly discovered family portrait!

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Check this out. A family portrait with Ann, Catherine and Paul. This pic was used on the back flap of the dustjacket for "I Know a Lot of Things". Photographed by Hans Namuth.


See more portraits


New El Producto ad

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Added a new El Producto ad to the Advertising page.


IBM standards manual added, and more pics of another manual

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Just added:
1. An identity standards manual for IBM signs, with 23 images.
2. 30 images of the "Use of the Logo, Abuse of the Logo" manual



Check them out on the Identity page.
Enjoy!


2 new pamphlets written by Rand added

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Check out these 2 promotional pamphlets written and designed by Rand. Produced in 1991, they are a rewrite of the famous Graphis introductions, speaking about the design and development of a logo.

Special thanks to Tom Hardy for these contributions!

Some Thoughts Some Logos


Some Thoughts… and Some Tribulations about the Design of a Logo


Article images added

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Finally added the original images for the following articles:

Thoughts on Rand by Steven Heller
Print Magazine (May/June, 1993)


Paul Rand, The Magician by Lance Esplund
Modern Painters (Spring, 1997)


30 Contemporary Black Artists Exhibition Brochure, 1969

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Brochure written and designed by Rand for an exhibit at the IBM gallery.
View the 5 images over at the Collateral page.



New books covers, more to come…

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

A few new additions to the books covers include:

The Future of the Novel: Essays on the Art of Fiction


Selected Works of Miguel de Unamuno, vol. 4


Also, will be adding 2 other pamphlets written and designed by Rand, similar to the "Cassandre to Chaos" pamphlet, and lots of IBM work coming soon as well. Stay tuned!


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