{"id":704,"date":"2007-11-18T03:22:26","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T02:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/18\/wonderful-little-film-about-paul-rand\/"},"modified":"2007-11-18T03:22:26","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T02:22:26","slug":"wonderful-little-film-about-paul-rand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/18\/wonderful-little-film-about-paul-rand\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful little film about Paul Rand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k3XPeGL907E&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Paul Rand is responsible for a number of iconic pieces of graphic design (e.g., the classic IBM logo), and this is a nice short film combining examples of his work with short snippets that I assume came from interviews with him.  Some great quotes include<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA work of art is realized<br \/>\nwhen form and content are indistinguishable.<br \/>\nWhen form predominates, meaning is blunted,<br \/>\nbut when content predominates, interest lags.<br \/>\nBut the genius comes in when both of these things fuse.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nDon&#8217;t try to be original, just try to be good.  That might sound naive, but it&#8217;s true.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s a neat bit where he goes over the &#8220;language of form&#8221;, listing important concepts like texture, shape, balance, and tension.  It would be fun to sift through my photographs and look for a good examples of each of these.  And probably revealing as well, since I strongly suspect some of his terms would be much better represented in my images than others.<\/p>\n<p>Tip o&#8217; the cap to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panopticist.com\/archives\/718.html\">Panopticist<\/a> for the pointer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.37signals.com\/svn\/posts\/707-sunspots-the-fish-monger-edition\">via 37Signals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/art\/\" title=\"Art\">Art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/design\/\" title=\"design\">design<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/photography\/\" title=\"Photography\">Photography<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/video\/\" title=\"Video\">Video<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2013\/03\/23\/a-life-alone-an-incredibly-powerful-short-video\/\" title=\"A life alone: An incredibly powerful short video (23 Mar 13)\">A life alone: An incredibly powerful short video<\/a> (2)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/05\/30\/a-great-piece-of-time-lapse-photography\/\" title=\"A great piece of time lapse photography (30 May 09)\">A great piece of time lapse photography<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Rand is responsible for a number of iconic pieces of graphic design (e.g., the classic IBM logo), and this is a nice short film combining examples of his work with short snippets that I assume came from interviews with him. Some great quotes include A work of art is realized when form and content &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/18\/wonderful-little-film-about-paul-rand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wonderful little film about Paul Rand&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[21],"tags":[870,90,869,876],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-bm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":429,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/05\/an-amazing-story-of-art-and-family-genius-and-madness\/","url_meta":{"origin":704,"position":0},"title":"An amazing story of art and family, genius and madness","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"5 Feb 07","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a reason I'm not a critic. 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