Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Saul Bass & The Bell System
Designer Saul Bass is best known for his animated title sequences and promotional posters for movies. The work of his I admire most is his branding and identity systems. Throughout the 1960s and '70s, Saul Bass & Associates created dozens of fully fleshed out identities - not just logos, but entire visual dictionaries for airlines, food manufacturers, and, one of my favorites, the phone company. Here's just a taste of the cohesive branding system created for Ma Bell by Saul Bass starting in 1968.
Fantastic work! The Saul Bass exhibition at the Design Museum a few years ago was truly the best one I have ever seen. Shame they still haven't got round to printing the book yet!
ReplyDeleteWow -- I had no idea he designed that bell logo. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteAs for me, I really want that Saul Bass children's book.
And if you haven't seen this online virtual slideshow gallery of many of Bass' film title sequences, definitely check it out:
http://www.notcoming.com/saulbass/index2.php
Oops -- this is Sam. I was signed in under my girlfriend's account accidentally. Word.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! You have such an amazing collection... aww,... how I miss you... I need to start thrifting and bookshopping so I can find goodies.
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