Comments on: interview with graphic designer, Paul Rand-Part 1 of 3

By: thejeep

thejeep — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:18:38 +0000

Whoa, check out the body language on Rand. He’s not terrible happy-looking.

By: miggsb

miggsb — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:45:18 +0000

Interesting observation. His wife was in the studio and was verbally prompting him and gesturing every time I asked a question, which made us both a bit uneasy. I found him to be a very articulate and delightful guest with a great, dry sense of humor.

By: KeyLyt

KeyLyt — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:25:56 +0000

good stuff Miggs.

you did a great job interviewing and getting a lot of interesting information out of one of the most important fathers of what we know as “graphic design” today… and perhaps one of the toughest nuts to ***** as well ; )

thanks so much for posting the vids. i thoroughly enjoyed it.

By: miggsb

miggsb — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:06:54 +0000

Thanks Key,
He was a tough nut indeed, but there was always a twinkle in his eye, and in his art.

By: chitownbrotha

chitownbrotha — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:10:36 +0000

THX ALLOTH for posting this, i have bin searching more videos on paul rand for a while now, this is great.

By: chungdha

chungdha — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:05:00 +0000

is that presentor ******* on a candy?

By: trisected

trisected — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:54:06 +0000

I love what he said last, about the 8 stripes. It shows how much we, as graphic designers, try to read into things and sometimes they just don’t need to be read. But very good interview! =)

By: redibeaver

redibeaver — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:23:25 +0000

Design, generally speaking, is such a fly by the seat of your pants profession, that it’s amusing to hear an older one speak about iconography with such whimsy and lack of irony. Poetry can’t be described and neither can design–both HAPPEN to a great extent as insightful creations, governed by fashion, cleverness and applied imagination. Not thru some magical process…just a willful desire. Rand has held a position, much like a dinosaur…one day relegated to extinction. Ah the good old days..

By: lens0101

lens0101 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:02:11 +0000

..why is he so yellow in this video?

By: tapyenreit

tapyenreit — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:58:17 +0000

I’d like to art direct that Seventies throwback interviewers hair! And how about that shitty set? It looks like the nursery in a bowling alley. It’s an insult to have Paul Rand appear before it!