…hues and set in a 9 x 9 grid. Credit for the sculpture goes to international design legend Saul Bass, whose firm in the early 1960s developed the poles as part of an identity campaign for Fuller O’Brien Paint. In 1990, Saul Bass was a guest speaker at ADAC’s Envision Design Conference and had a chance see the pole sculpture up close for the first time. The colorful structure sits in the corner of the parking lot in front of what was…
…Star Wars vs. Saul Bass (2007) Star Wars vs. Saul Bass (above) is described as ‘If Star Wars was filmed two decades earlier and Saul Bass did the opening title sequence, it ‘might’ look like this.’ The animation was created as part of a school project. A more recent mashup is Tron vs. Saul Bass (below). Tron vs. Saul Bass (2009) The designer has also made a bunch of matching posters, sort of how Bass used to. Tweet…
…Rumsey Taylor’s 2005 Saul Bass site features detailed interactive, frame-by-frame analysis of Bass’ movie title work; as well as some movie reviews. View em in detail here. Tweet…
…Intro Here are some highlights from a candid documentary (shot in 1986) on Saul Bass. The doc is available as a 2-DVD set here. On making money vs. quality work Advice to design teachers Advice to students Thoughts on his legacy Tweet…
…Brendan Dawes’ cool little tribute to graphic designer Saul Bass. Tweet…
…James White has tracked down a bunch of logos created by graphic design legend Saul Bass. Blog post here. Found via Scott Hansen Tweet…
Located on the corner of 16th and Q Streets in Sacramento stands a colorful pole sculpture whose history is tied to that of legendary designer Saul Bass. And back in 2006, former ADAC president Michael Kennedy dug up a ton of history/detail on the construct – which he compiled in an article for the club’s newsletter. I’m reposting that article here. Today, the sculpture is a nice punctuation for Sacramento’s coolest…
…‘Nobody ever mentions this. You can read about how Phase IV starts where 2001 left off and all that, and it’s true enough.’ -the looniverse Trailer for Phase IV (1974) above. Directed by Saul Bass. Saw this as a kid. Had nightmares for years. Intense visuals. Ants. Frightening, killer ants. I have it on DVD, still haven’t watched it tho. Tweet…
‘This film was made by his company as a presentation to AT&T executives. It would have extended to be shown to the public, but a number of his ideas in the film were not ultimately adopted, like his phone booth designs, and men’s and women’s uniforms.’ Complete pitch by the master. It’s everything anyone ever wanted to know about how good logos and visual identity systems work. From 1969. Historical details…
…‘Bass on Titles presents a comprehensive, well-rounded retrospective of Academy Award-winner, Saul Bass’ film title sequence design.’ With really bizarre dialog screwy sound looping fx. Watch it above. From 1977. Tweet…
…r cut-out of a heroin addict’s arm for Preminger’s The Man with the Golden Arm, the credits racing up and down what eventually becomes a high-angle shot of a skyscraper in Hitchcock’s North by Northwest, and the disjointed text that races together and apart in Psycho’ Last night, Google doodled this (above). Last week in my history class, I presented footage of the original titles that Saul Bass designed that Google…
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