Alice Rawsthorn on Saul Bass: “The man who
made the title sequence into a film star”
Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design critic Alice Rawsthorn analyses the career of influential graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass.
Rawsthorn explains that the designer’s bold style “reflected his fascination with constructivism, modernism and surrealism,” adding that his work with some of the most important directors in history “transformed what were once cursory lists of the cast and crew into thrilling complements to the movies.”
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