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THIS IS THE age of anticipation. The teaser, the preview, the trailer, the extended trailer. Which means it is, invariably, an age of disappointment, when the trailers make something look like a mix between Ulysses and Terminator , only for the full vers

Imagine that Apple designer, Jonathan Ive, had also directed the battle sequences in 300 and had built sculptures for the fourth plinth whilst overhauling the corporate identity of Vodaphone. A new monograph suggests that even this couldn’t hope to appro

The book, originally published in the early 1960s, was written by Leonore Klein and tells the story of a young boy who decides to walk to Paris. He falls asleep under a tree where he has particularly vivid dreams, illustrated by the talents of Bass. The

This isn’t your typical obituary here on AICN. We don’t cover a lot of video game stuff, but gaming has been a major part of my life since the glory days of Super Mario Bros and Centipede. I’ve loved many games, arcade, console and computer games, but if

These videos by James Hutson are designed to introduce high school students to rational thinking. The style is reminiscent of the animated title sequences of Saul Bass. Therefore Saul Bass wanted people to think rationally. So watch the other five videos

Saul Bass (1920–1996), the celebrated graphic designer and filmmaker perhaps best known for his movie posters and title sequences, illustrated only one children’s book during his lifetime. Henri’s Walk to Paris, written by Leonore Klein, was published by

The title page of Darwyn Cooke’s The Man With The Getaway Face, ladies and gentleman; a spectacular piece of design – it’s like a comic version of a Saul Bass title sequence – that’s also a spectacular piece of comics as the black gets cut away (It’s ban

Vodka giant Absolut enlisted the creative assistance of designer Philippe Bordonado to help the craft the perfect look for the brand’s limited edition Absolut Manhattan. The lime and mint spiked vodka is housed in its usual iconic bottle adorned with a s

From “Henri’s Walk to Paris” Oh, to be a child in Paris, where the scent of pain au chocolat wafts out of bakeries at precisely the moment school lets out in the afternoon! Even, for that matter, to be a child who gets to visit Paris, jetting off in the

Chris Nolan’s Batman movies have always inspired a great deal of fan art, whether it be posters or images or mashup videos, and The Dark Knight Rises has been no exception. However, it’s rare that we see a fan-made Bat-vid that uses original footage – as

As part of Marvel Comic's Avengers Art Appreciation variant cover series set for release in April, artist Mike del Mundo created this beautiful homage to graphic designer Saul Bass for Amazing Spiderman #683. The cover definitely captures Bass's color pa

2011 was a crazy year for me so over Christmas I rewarded the hard work I put in by buying a couple design books. I bought Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible by Sophie Lovell, Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story b

FOX News blurs out Andrew Sullivan's name on cover of Newsweek. Sullivan: "Fox News has Mark Levin on to trash my article but they are far too afraid to have me on to defend it. I've been on the blacklist for years. Like Ron Paul, too dangerous for Fox.

The creators of these minimalist movie posters took stylistic cues from the legendary designer Saul Bass to render these pared-down visual representations of popular films. Without the use of elaborate detail or description these posters not only communi

Encouraged by the sell-out success of the first volume of 50by70 which was sold exclusively in Habitat stores, the art director and editor responsible, Tim Fishlock, teamed up with specialist litho printers PUSH to produce Volume Two independently. Corit

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Following the critical acclaim earned by such wilfully individual movies as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s decision to direct a remake of an old 60s thriller was a surprising one. And yet, Scorsese’s foray into the mainstream

Directed by design collective National Television through Not To Scale for 4Creative, the animated promo for Channel 4's new, nightly game show, The Bank Job, draws inspiration from classic title sequences by Saul Bass and Otto Preminger... Given the app