Paul Rand created a design classic with the “Eye, Bee, M” poster. But did you know IBM has a history of bold, experimental poster design work that spans far beyond Rand? IBM in-house designers created many witty, visually playful posters in the 60s and 70s, several of which have recently been on display at the Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. They put their own spin on Rand’s sensibility that inventive design is memorable design. This sense of playfulness is engrained in IBM’s legacy, and it is a quality that will remain at the forefront of IBM’s design philosophy for years to come.
Design luminary Paul Rand developed IBM’s iconic 8-bar logo, but his contributions ran far deeper. Rand believed that “everything is design”—no piece of design collateral, from packaging to stationery to building signage, was too small or insignificant for his consideration. As he evolved IBM’s visual identity, he’d regularly issue updates to the IBM Graphics Standards Manual, a compendium of his IBM design philosophy. The manual has achieved status as a masterwork of culturally historic design, so much so that a new reissue is the product of a successful crowdfunding campaign. Paul Rand’s classic designs have served to solidify IBM’s brand identity over the years and will continue to inspire countless designers.
→ “That is Nymeria’s star, burning bright, and that milky band behind her, those are ten thousand ships. She burned as bright as any man, and so shall I”. Arianne Martell
AU-RhaegarandAerysdie during Robert’s Rebellion, but the loyalist forces win. Elia Martell is crowned Queen Of The Seven Kingdoms and her reign becomes the golden age of Westeros.
Since I’m slow-watching Daredevil (binge-watching is old news, slow-watching is the hip new fad, tell your friends), I’ve been occupying myself in other related ways, like stiiiiilllllll being fixated on Charlie Cox’s time on Boardwalk Empire, which of course led me to: why not make a 1920s/30s Daredevil AU! Crossover hijinks include: Nelson & Murdock going up against Esther Randolph! Margaret meeting some blind dude who is a similarly terrible Catholic and happens to look a lot like her dead boyfriend! Daredevil vs. Murder, Inc.! THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS but the screencaps aren’t, this is a pretty lazy picspam so I made a silly title card to fill it out. For maximum synergy, pair it with this one that exists in real life:
Anyway I like the idea of old-timey superheroes because without television news and various other forms of modern technology they have the opportunity to take on even more of a mythical quality. Is the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, like… an ACTUAL devil??? Maybe! You don’t know! Nobody knows!!
↳Favorite One-time Character:Freya My home was next to a lake surrounded by the tallest mountains. In the winter the storms whipped up the water into waves and you thought they were going to crash down and take away all the houses. But in the summer, wild flowers and light. It was like heaven.
I’ve been asked about my process so I tried my hand at making a timelapse of one of my commissions! This being my first one I apologize for the quality.
