1. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Everything is design. Everything! by iriz ruiz

2. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Famous for his corporate logo designs, Paul Rand was quite a success himself…

3. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Paul was born under the Jewish name of Peretz Rosenbaum on August 15, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York.

4. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Started his love for art from a very young age such as painting signs for his father’s grocery store and signs for his school events.

5. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer His father did not have an eye for any art. He had Paul attend Manhattan’s Harren High School for his education and had him take any other art classes he wanted at spare times.

6. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer His first job was a part-time position where he created stock images for a company that supplied graphics to many different newspapers and magazines.

7. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer A lot of his work was inspired by Sachplakat and Gustav Jensen ; which were German designers of advertising.

8. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer In building his portfolio was when he decided to use his “artist” name as “ Paul Rand ”.

9. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer By Paul’s early twenties, he scored a job in designing the cover for Direction magazine. Paul’s negotiation with Directions magazine was the he gain full artistic freedom return of no compensation .

10. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer For the Esquire-Coronet magazine, Paul had originally refused the offer for the title of art director for he felt he was not yet at the level in his profession. A year later he had decided to go for the opportunity and took over at the age of 23.

11. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Famous logos we still see around today include IBM (created in 1956). This was one of his highest sold logo identities for he was asked to create numerous different versions of the original logo he started with.

12. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Famous logos also include Westinghouse (created in 1960).

13. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer UPS (created in 1961).

14. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer ABC (created in 1962).

15. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Paul was also a salesman. He great in selling his idea behind the logos he designed to each company.

16. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer His ARTISTIC BELIEFS … “ … ideas do not need to be esoteric to be original or exciting. ” [a logo] “ …cannot survive unless it is designed with the utmost simplicity and restraint. ”

17. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer It has been rumored that each of his logos were priced at $100,000 per single solution!

18. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Paul produced books, articles, advertising, editorials, packaging, posters and more. He also taught at the Pratt Institute, Yale University and other institutions as an art professor.

19. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Worked as if he never aged… Some had called him the “greatest living graphic designer” and many had seen him as " an idealist and a realist using the language of the poet and the businessman. He thinks in terms of need and function. He is able to analyze his problems, but his fantasy is boundless. ”

20. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Before Paul died, he asked Fred Toller, a Swiss designer to create a headstone for him that stood out from the typical headstones found in cemeteries. He died on November 26, 1999. His headstone can be found in the Connecticut cemetery.

21. PAUL RAND A Legendary Graphic Designer Everything is design. Everything! - Paul Rand