A community portal about Paul Rand with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Paul Rand was a well-known American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. Rand was educated at the Pratt Institute, the...
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A community portal about Paul Rand with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Paul Rand was a well-known American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. Rand was educated at the Pratt Institute, the Parsons School of Design, and the Art Students League. He was one of the originators of the Swiss Style of graphic design. From 1956 to 1969, and beginning again in 1974, Rand taught design at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Rand was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 1972. He designed many posters and corporate identities, including the logos for IBM and ABC. Rand died of cancer in 1996.
Yesterday, I mentioned why the attempt to Frankenstein designs (Frankendesigns?) fails so often. In response, Yuri Victor pointed to this interesting Paul Rand essay on “The Politics of Design.” Rand explains why demanding many solutions to a problem merely leads to waste and confusion.
One of the more common problems which tends to create doubt and confusion is caused by the inexperienced and anxious executive who innocently expects, or...
Paul Rand illustrated several children's books written by his wife, Ann Rand, in the fifties and early sixties. As it happens with true classics, the illustration and layout in Rand’s books looks just as fresh today as when they were first published.His style of illustration, consistent with his design work, is based in a witty use of simple shapes, flat colours and a well-thought composition and layout.Now these charming editions have been...
In Kentucky, first-time political candidate Rand Paul has harnessed the anti-Republican-establishment vibe among conservatives to raise $1.4 million and take a surprising lead in early polls in the race for U.S. Senate over Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson.
The former president of a publicly traded Raleigh company is accusing state Sen. Tony Rand of sharing insider information with other N.C. politicians.Paul Feldman, who says he was illegally fired from Law Enforcement Associates in August, made the claims in a complaint filed with the U.S. Labor Department. He said that Rand, one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, schemed to profit from insider trading and manipulating the value of the...
The former president of a publicly traded Raleigh company is accusing state Sen. Tony Rand of sharing insider information with other North Carolina politicians.
Paul Feldman, who says he was illegally fired from Law Enforcement Associates in August, made the claims in a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. He said that Rand, one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, schemed to profit from insider trading and manipulating the...
The former president of a publicly traded Raleigh company is accusing state Sen. Tony Rand, one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, of insider trading and other illegal actions.In a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Labor, Paul Feldman, who claims he was illegally fired as president of Law Enforcement Associates in August, alleges that Rand had a scheme to profit from manipulating the value of LEA stock, Alan Wolf reports on the...
From CQ Politics:
Eye surgeon Rand Paul (R) said Wednesday that he has received assurances from the National Republican Senatorial Committee that it will remain neutral in his primary battle against Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson.
“They say they have no plans of getting involved or endorsing anyone in our primary,” said Paul, the son of [...]