Saul Bass (1920-1996) enjoyed a storied career as a graphic designer, whose corporate identity work for companies such as AT&T, Bell Telephone, Esso, and United Airlines provided them with some of the ...

A new book explores the work of American graphic designer Saul Bass, whose commercial work was part of the landscape of 20th-century America. Thinking Made Visible: Movement, Narrative, and the Work ...

Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design (Laurence King Publishing, Nov. 9, 424 pages, $75) traces the career of the man who created some of the most iconic images of the late twentieth century ...

In an ironic twist, Bass also designed an early logo for Continental, in 1968. Of course, they abandoned it soon enough for the blue, boring whiffle ball that now belongs to United. Monday’s ...

"Saul Bass: A Life In Film & Design" (Laurence King, 2011) is the first definitive book on the legendary designer and his work. In the foreward, excerpted below, director Martin Scorsese zooms in ...

Bass, who died November 14, 1996, also created logos for Dixie, Quaker Oats, United Airlines and many other companies. If you’re curious, a section of this site is dedicated to Bass’ movie stills.

What Bass's credits share in common is their ability to convey theme, setting, and mood. Today, you, like most people, probably expect an opening sequence to tell you something about the film or ...

Saul Bass reinvented film communications and left a legacy of work from the 1940s until his death in 1996. In 2012, this honor shines upon creative director and designer Dawn Baillie of BLT ...

Graphic designer Saul Bass is one of those towering figures in American film whose name is far less well-known than his work. His work appears in the films of directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Otto ...

Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design Design historian Pat Kirkham explores the work and legacy of Saul Bass, who created memorable posters and title sequences for such films as Alfred Hitchcock ...