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Saul Bass’ design for Anatomy of a murder

Christian Annyas — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:02:55 +0000

ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959) One sheet movie poster, designed by Saul Bass Billboard Saul Bass: Film & Design Saul Bass (1920-1996) was one of the best, beloved and prolific designers of all time. When he worked for film studios he offered them a package: main and credit titles, a symbol or trademark, a screen [...]

Saul Bass’ design for Anatomy of a murder

Railroad company logo design evolution

Christian Annyas — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:40:36 +0000

THOMPSON & CO’S EXPRESS (1845) WELLS AND POMEROY’S EXPRESS (1845) TRUMAN CHAPMAN’S EXPRESS (1864) Railroad logo design evolution The first North American railroads were built 50 years before the first logo was trademarked (Bass Brewery, 1876). Stationery was created by printers, not designers. That’s the reason why the images above – from three different companies [...]

Railroad company logo design evolution

The Artist movie typography and lettering

Christian Annyas — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:38:58 +0000

THE ARTIST (2011) movie title Something bothered me about The Artist winning the Oscar for Best Picture. Not only did I feel Hugo was a much better movie, The Artist contained some very distracting elements – at least for me, as a designer – the typography. Type designer Mark Simonson is an expert on the [...]

The Artist movie typography and lettering

Dick Bruna O.S.S. 117 book covers

Christian Annyas — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:24:04 +0000

AVONTUUR IN BIRMA Le sbire de Birmanie, 1962 O.S.S. 117 HOUDT VOL O.S.S. 117 rentre dans la danse, 1961 O.S.S. 117 EN DE CHINEZEN Chinoiseries pour O.S.S. 117, 1962 TOPCONFERENTIE Les secrets font la valise, 1962 AVONTUUR IN BIRMA Le sbire de Birmanie, 1962 SCHOTEN VALLEN IN BANGKOK Double bang à Bangkok, 1964 VOL GAS [...]

Dick Bruna O.S.S. 117 book covers

Airline logos from China and Hong Kong

Christian Annyas — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:36:30 +0000

Whenever I come across something that's designed in China it's usually also "Made in China." In most cases "Made in China" means that it looks cheap or it is cheap. But what about Chinese graphic design or logo design? Does that look cheap too? [...]

Airline logos from China and Hong Kong

Saul Bass: The Man with the Golden Arm

Christian Annyas — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:16:55 +0000

When Bass worked for film studios he offered them a package: main and credit titles, a symbol or trademark, a screen trailer, posters (half sheets, one sheet, three sheet, six sheet, twenty-four sheet), an insert, lobby cards, a window card, trade ads and [...]

Saul Bass: The Man with the Golden Arm

1980s horror movie poster logos and typography.

Christian Annyas — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:33:23 +0000

It amazes me how few movies have an identity. While millions of dollars are spent on the marketing campaign of Hollywood movies, their logos or wordmarks are usually much cheaper: $35 (the price of the Trajan ‘movie font.’ on MyFonts.com). Logos [...]

1980s horror movie poster logos and typography.