Saul Bass is an icon in my world of design. He created so many iconic symbols (read: Logos) of our lives: AT&T, Quaker food & beverages, Girl Scouts, Kleenex, Untied Way, United Airlines, YWCA, Warner Bros., and Exxon to name just a few. He created an extensions of films by capturing the essence of a film, in just a few short minutes, the opening credits gave us a peek at what we were about to experience – movies like Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and the more modern fare of Good fellas, and cape Fear.
Below is someone’s rendition of what Bass would have done, had he created the TRON opening credits – but I reckon he would have done it without being notified of the actual content – it simply doesn’t match TRON, but it’s still delicious!
Tron vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo.