Saul Bass
Recent articles about Saul Bass
Twentieth-century Renaissance man
Issue 82, Winter 2012
My generation grew up in awe of a handful of American designers.…
Pre-postmodernity
Issue 50, Winter 2003
Does a small book from nearly 30 years ago encapsulate a ‘golden age’?
A glimpse of graphic hell
Issue 53, Autumn 2004
Whatever ideological stance they take, designers must at least believe in design
Changing of the guard
Issue 8, Autumn 1993
American graphic design is divided. The once rebellious avant-garde has become the status quo…
Video to go
Issue 9, Summer 1993
Video packaging is an area of graphics both marginal and ubiquitous. Who decides how it looks?
Recent blog posts by Saul Bass
Books received #30
6 November 2017
This Is Me, Full Stop., Jonny Hannah, Hi-Fi Living, Sardon’s Stampography and drawings of UFOs
Here is yet another selection of books that caught our attention in recent weeks and months, reviewed by Lindsay Hargrave.
Books received #18
11 April 2016
A Smile in the Mind, London A to Z, Jean Tinguely, Bad Bonn Song Book and Eating With The Eyes
Here are a few books that caught our attention in recent weeks … all reviewed in no more than 140 characters.
Getting away with murder
2 February 2012
Good, bad and ugly cover ‘tributes’: a new spin on the death of music design.
The album cover may have lost its mojo as far as contemporary culture is concerned, but its classic era (from Blue Note to 4AD, say) maintains a powerful grip on the imaginations of music-loving designers, writes John L. Walters.