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1.3 Modernism and Postmodernism Designers

The designers that I've research on are Modernist designer Paul Rand (1914 - 1996) Saul Bass (1920 - 1996) Tom Eckersley (1914 - 1997) Post Modernist/Contemporary designer Paula Scher (1948 - ) Stefan Sagmeister (1962 - ) Jessica Walsh (1986 - ) MODERNIST DESIGNER Paul Rand is famous for his designs on posters, corporate identities and book covers. His work stands out from other modernist designers as he has his own unique style of design that is simple and eye-catching.  Nevertheless, Paul Rand uses clean and clear fonts such as Futura and also utilized his own handwriting into his design even though not many modernist designers will do so. Rand felt that it was economical and also contribute to ‘friendliness’.  Rand also particularly follows the Gestalt theory.  G estalt principle consists of ‘Law of Similarity, Law of Figure-ground, Law of Symmetry and Law of Closure’.  Saul Bass is famous for his film posters and logos....