The first book dedicated to Saul Bass, one of the great American designers, produced by Jennifer Bass (Saul's daughter) and Pat Kirkham.

"...before we worked together, he was a legend in my eyes. His designs, for film titles and company logos and record albums and posters, defined an era."
— Martin Scorsese

The following paragraph is from the press release. It's followed by a few snapshots of the content and a short film of the print process.

“Saul Bass (1920-1996) created some of the most compelling images of American postwar visual culture. Having extended the remit of graphic design to include film titles, he went on to transform the genre. His best-known works include a series of unforgettable posters and title sequences for films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm and Anatomy of a Murder. He also created some of the most memorable logos and corporate identity campaigns of the century, including those for major companies such as AT&T, Quaker Oats, United Airlines, and Minolta.”

Studio portrait, the Bronx. c. 1931

Tone Poems of Color (album cover, 1956)

Manufacturers National Bank (selection of ads, 1960-61)

San Francisco International Film Festival (seventh festival poster, 1963)

Frank Holmes Laboratories, Inc. (trademark, 1954)

Ceramic tiles (sculptured tile designs, 1957-58)

Playhouse 90, CBS (opening sequence, 1956)

The Man with the Golden Arm (poster, 1955)

North by Northwest (title sequence frames, 1959)

Psycho (title sequence frames, 1960)

Celanese (trademark and style manual, 1966)

Saul with staff members (Bell System identity, 1969)

Here's a brief insight of the Saul Bass printing process.

1,484 illustrations
290 x 258mm
440 pages
Hardback

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A couple of short excerpts are over on Logo Design Love:

• This is what you need — a magic dot.
• I often think that presentations are more difficult than the work itself.