Paul Rand

Recent articles about Paul Rand

Out of hand

Issue 80, Summer 2011

Feature

Handwriting is a touchstone in the history of graphic design, where lettering meets the messy reality of the human body

Case studies

Issue 81, Autumn 2011

Feature

Case studies from Chris Maillard’s article ‘The far side’

Postcards from a generous drifter

Issue 41, Autumn 2001

Review

Alan Fletcher describes his latest book as ‘a journey without a destination’. I’m not sure…

Changing of the guard

Issue 8, Autumn 1992

Opinion

American graphic design is divided. The once rebellious avant-garde has become the status quo, while the new guard shun their elders’ example and adhere to few of the old ‘isms’

Cult of the ugly

Issue 9, Summer 1993

Feature

Designers used to stand for beauty and order. Now beauty is passé and ugliness is smart. How did we get here and is there any way out?

What has writing got to do with design?

Issue 9, Summer 1993

Opinion

We canonise the giants of design history as champions of total authorship, while overlooking the obvious message of their work

I don’t use a Mac but I know a man who can

Issue 13, Summer 1994

Opinion

British design has split down the middle. Should its priority be art or analysis, and is the computer a new ‘language’ or simply a tool? By Michael Horsham

Recent blog posts about Paul Rand

Books received #19

29 May 2016
Graphic design, Illustration, Photography, Visual culture

The Graphic Design Idea Book, Can You Feel It?, Where’s Warhol?, Martin Parr: Autoportrait and Playful Graphics
Here are a few books that caught our attention in recent weeks … each reviewed…

AK and A23D on press

18 September 2014
Design history, Graphic design, Posters, Technology, Typography

Two 21st-century letterpress projects breathe new life into this arcane, antiquated but much-loved method of mark-making
The LDF’s opening graphic weekend featured plenty of stimulating events and fascinating displays, with workshops…