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Description: Sources and Resources of 20th Century Design

TitleSources and Resources of 20th Century Design

Creator nameRand, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1966

Object typePrint

MaterialsOffset lithograph on white wove paper

LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18617539/

Accession number1981-29-227

SubjectsPrints--20th centuryAbstract expressionism--United StatesAvant-garde (Aesthetics)Posters

StatusPoster for Aspen International Design Conference

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1. Conventions: Art and Design in the 1950s

Jennifer Quick

Back to the Drawing Board: Ed Ruscha, Art, and Design in the 1960s

In 1956 Ruscha left his home in Oklahoma City and followed Route 66 across the country, all the way to Los Angeles...

Author

Jennifer Quick

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.15-49

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00335.2

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23167&redirecttoanchor=88529

Chapter subject tags:Ruscha, EdwardChouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.)Design--Study and teachingAbstract expressionism--United StatesCommercial art

Versatility of the Symbol

Paul Rand

Paul Rand: A Designer’s Art

The same symbol can express many different ideas. It is potentially a highly versatile device. By juxtaposition, association, and analogy the designer is able to utilize its effectiveness to fulfill a specific function. …

Author

Paul Rand

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.14-22

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00092.007

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-14963&redirecttoanchor=88529

Chapter subject tags:Graphic DesignTypographyAdvertisingCommercial art

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