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

1991 interview with legendary graphic designer Paul Rand, creator of logos for IBM, ABC-TV, Westinghouse, UPS and hundreds more.

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[miggsb]

Ok, you get credit for the funniest comment yet. FYI, i was sucking on a lozenge to keep from getting dry mouth while interviewing my hero, but it does sound obnoxious, I have to agree.

[scu1ptures]

that host keeps sucking his gums

as though they would fall out if he didnt.

*so* annoying and distracting!

[miggsb]

OK, I confess. The whole gum-sucking, lip smacling thisng going on with me was because I was so nervous interviewing my design hero that I kept popping Ricola's in my mouth to keep it from becoming as dry as dirt.

[miggsb]

Very inciteful. I was making it up as I went along. Inspite of their popularity, people like Larry King are always caught scanning at their notes for the next question and never listening to their guests answers. I'm just an amateur but I thought spontnaeity would work better for me than a script or a pile of note cards. Thanks for watching. It's all about the genious that was Paul Rand, not me.

[miggsb]

I confess, I designed that "awesome" bush-league background. Hey, it was public access being recorded in the studio reserved for the real news and weather and we couldnt do anything to the walls, so I cut out some colored foamcoare and stuck it in the black wall with velcro. As long as Paul didnt puke, so I guess I felt it was OK.

[miggsb]

I have to agree about my hair at the time. There are a lot of "do-overs" I could wish for in my life. As far as my own design credentials, apparently they were good enough for TIME Magazine who hired me to design 5 of their covers in the early 70s, and the U.S. Government who hired me to design a commemorative Postage stamp. I was even invited to do an Easter Egg for the White House. Go Figure. Even my father told me that no one would ever hire me with "hair like that". Thanks for watching.

[Gokhan Demirci]

You are awesome. I would of been in the same state as you!

[Bandula Wijesiri]

What a valuble post. Many thnaks to publisher who shares this.. We praise to Paul Ran....

[great567]

To all deisgners trying to "Re-Define" Graphic design today: Listen Carefully/

[Bryon Hutcheson]

wow...what Rand is saying here is gold! But I will say I feel like I'm taken back to the 70s with this video....retro funk...woohoo...lol

[ismajosh]

It's amazing how relevant this still is. Even more so now with software (I'm a graphic design student)

[ARTZY64]

Explain please

[ARTZY64]

I call myself a 'graphic artist', as opposed to only 'graphic designer' because the 'graphic artist' terminology spans my complete skill set, which includes illustration (traditional and digital) fine art drawing and painting, web site design, graphic design, advertising design, logo design, book design etc

[MrGooie]

Look Folks it's (Sucking my teeth) Kevin Neilan

[BadSneakers]

The intro music is Lee Ritenour's "French Roast" off his 1980 album "Feel the Night"