The document discusses the influential work of Saul Bass in design, particularly in logos and movie title sequences from 1955 onwards. It highlights notable films he worked on, such as 'West Side Story' and 'Psycho,' and reflects on his passion for design as a lifelong pursuit. Additionally, it references several chapters on other designers and provides context to Bass's legacy in film and design.

1. Saul Bass
Logos and Posters and Motion, Oh My!
Corie Kupferberg | Honors Assignment Fall 2011 | New Media Design III

2. Design is thinking made visual.

3. A Bronx Tale
Fruit stalls & Storefronts
Art Students League
G. Kepes and the ADC
Hollywood

4. Television

6. Playhouse 90, CBS, opening (1956)
The Frank Sinatra Show, ABC, opening (1957)
Baby Magic, Mennen (1962)
History of Invention, IBM (1962)
Bridgestone Tires (1963)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1964)
The Kid, RCA (1968)

7. Print Design

9. Love in the Afternoon
Directed by Billy Wilder
June 30, 1957

10. West Side Story
Directed by Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise
October 18, 1961

11. The Shining
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
May 23, 1980

12. Carmen Jones
Directed by Otto Preminger
October 28, 1954

13. Title Sequences
Where it all began.

14. Otto Preminger
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Carmen Jones
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Saul Bass
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Movie Poster
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The first of many title sequence designs

16. The Man With the Golden Arm
Directed by Otto Preminger
February 12, 1955

18. Directors and producers began to notice.
Saul Bass was the best of the best.

19. Ocean’s 11
Directed by Lewis Milestone
February 12, 1955

21. North by Northwest
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
July 28, 1959

23. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Directed by Stanley Kramer
November 7, 1963

25. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Vertigo (1958)
Psycho (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Exodus (1960)
West Side Story (1961)
Grand Prix (1966)

26. Big (1988)
The War of the Roses (1989)
GoodFellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)

27. First impressions are everything.

28. Retired? I may as well go into
deep freeze. There’s too
much fun. I love what I do.
There’s nothing I don’t like. I
work hard. It’s my life. It’s
what I do. I find it fascinating.
- Saul Bass

29. 6 Chapters in Design: Bass,
Chermayeff, Glaser, Rand,
Tanaka, Tomaszewski
by Philip B. Meggs
Saul Bass
A Life in Film & Design
by Jennifer Bass, Pat Kirkham

30. Thank you