{"id":8554,"date":"2009-11-29T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=8554"},"modified":"2009-11-29T00:31:11","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T08:31:11","slug":"the-abc-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/8554","title":{"rendered":"Paul Rand and ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pM2U0E2fPbc&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pM2U0E2fPbc&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The ABC logo was designed by the legendary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.areaofdesign.com\/americanicons\/rand.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Rand<\/a> (1914-96) in 1962.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HcDf3jv4vp4&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HcDf3jv4vp4&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a rare, three-part cable access interview with Rand from 1991. I like his comments on writing (end of part three):<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ta4ef1xBeMA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ta4ef1xBeMA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LxiDNdM2-bM&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LxiDNdM2-bM&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2bA1LdQknbk&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2bA1LdQknbk&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<em>Interview by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miggsb.com\/mbpages\/tv.html\" target=\"_blank\">Miggs B<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t<div style=\"float: left; \">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-text=\"Paul Rand and ABC\" data-url=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/8554\"  data-via=\"mehallo\">Tweet<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ABC logo was designed by the legendary Paul Rand (1914-96) in 1962. &nbsp; Here&#8217;s a rare, three-part cable access interview with Rand from 1991. 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