Humorous Twitter site: Angry Paul Rand

Here it is. Not to be confused with senatorial candidate Rand Paul. If you have a twisted sense of humor like me, and/or if you enjoy SMDS, then you should probably enjoy the rants of the person channeling the famous designer.

I didn't know much about Rand whose birth name was Peretz Rosenbaum, but I brushed up at this site dedicated to his life and work. Seemingly Rand had an incredible impact on the way corporations presented themselves symbolically through their logos. The inspiration for the AngryPaulRand Twitter site can probably be explained by the section of the linked bio entitled "Criticism":

Despite the prestige graphic designers place on his first book, subsequent works, notably From Lascaux to Brooklyn (1996), earned Rand accusations of being “reactionary and hostile to new ideas about design.” Heller defends Rand’s later ideas, calling the designer “an enemy of mediocrity, a radical modernist” while Mark Favermann considers the period one of “a reactionary, angry old man.” Regardless of this dispute, Rand’s contribution to modern graphic design theory in total is widely considered intrinsic to the profession’s development.

Coincidentally (?), Ayn Rand's birth name was also Rosenbaum. I'll let someone else do the research on possible connections and similarities.

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