Artist: Paul Rand

Artist: Paul Rand

Title: Eye Bee M

Dates: 1981

Movement: International Style

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Paul Rand was an American graphic designer born in 1944. He designed many posters and corporate identities, including the logos for IBM, UPS and ABC. Rand's work has an amazingly playful and expressive quality to it. He worked into the 1990s continually designing. He died in 1996.

Project One: #4 A movie poster designed before 1950

A. Cinderella

B. Bill Morrison, 1950

C. A. This image has a composition that pulls the viewers eyes from the top of the poster down to the characters at the bottom. The dark background provides a nice contrast for the main focal point the glass slipper.

Project One:#3 A movie poster designed by Saul Bass

A. Vertigo

B. Saul Bass, 1958

C. A. This poster reflects the title with swirling motion into the middle of the image. The lay out of the swirl also gives depth to the poster, making you feel like you are going to get sucked in.

Project One: #2 A Post-Modern Movie Poster (Designed After 1960)

A. Godzilla vs. the Thing

B. 1964

C. This poster shows emphasis on what Godzilla is going to do with the mysterious thing. Giant letters promise information, but to contrast this with no information and a large ‘?’. The entire piece is centered around Godzilla and the Thing, that is repersented by the ‘?’.

Project One: #1 A movie poster designed this milennium

A. Wall-E

B. The Arterie, 2008

C. This poster is designed by one of graphic art company, The Arterie. The poster shows contrast between two characters and backgrand of a cityscape that appears to be far off in the distance and shininess. There are a lost texture in this image, lightning from the top to the bottom. Also it has emphasis on the two main characters of the movie, “Wall-E.”