"Ideals" box
La Palina cigars, c.1953
9.25 x 5.25 x 2.5"
An extremely hard to find Paul Rand cigar box design for La Palina. Similar Rand designs marketed towards holiday gift giving are featured in the article titled "Tobacco Production: Past & Present" published in Graphis No. 85 (September/October 1959). Some paint overspray on top lid, and minor soiling and edge wear. Otherwise a nice example of a rarely seen Rand design (I've only ever seen two in my years of collecting).
About Paul Rand:
Probably best known for his iconic IBM logo and identity system of 1956, graphic designer Paul Rand virtually singlehandedly was responsible for changing the way American graphic artist worked in the mid-twentieth century. Highly influenced by modern artists, especially the Surrealists, Rand was known for "defamiliarizing the ordinary" as well as for his simplified typography and breaking from graphic convention. Typical "Rand-isms" include torn paper collage, handwritten type, and the use of stripes as a graphic element.
Rand's oeuvre included designs for corporate identities and logos, books and book covers, posters, advertisements, and countless other applications of ink to flat surfaces.
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