March 2009
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Version 1.2 of the Vertigo theme for Tumblr is now available, with support for notes and follower lists. To upgrade to the new version, copy the contents of this text file into the Custom HTML field of the Customize panel on your Dashboard. Vertigo is now in the Theme Garden too!
November 2008
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Version 1.1 of the Vertigo theme for Tumblr is now available. The main additions are support for search and an upgrade to the sIFR font replacement technology that fixes (finally) the inability to click links in replaced text. In response to a user request the theme now also replaces smilies in text :-). If you use the theme and wish to tip the author, you can do so here and I’ll probably...
June 2008
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An excerpt from Archie Boston’s documentary...
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Vertigo is a free Tumblr theme by Matthew Buchanan, inspired by the design work of the late Saul Bass and released 24 June 2008 under Creative Commons.
To install the theme on your Tumblr site, copy the contents of vertigo-theme-1-2.txt into the Custom HTML field of the Customize area on your Tumblr Dashboard. (If this doesn’t make sense, Richard Dunlop-Walters has a tutorial that explains...
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Title Design by Saul Bass →
An interactive image gallery presenting title credits for each of Saul Bass’s film projects, from Carmen Jones (1954) to Casino (1995), with a brief overview of each project.
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“Design is thinking made visual.”
– SAUL BASS (1920-1996) was not only one of the great graphic designers of the mid-20th century but the undisputed master of film title design thanks to his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Martin Scorsese.
When the reels of film for Otto Preminger’s controversial new drugs...
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North By Northwest (1959)
Roger Thornhill: The moment I meet an attractive woman, I have to start pretending I have no desire to make love to her.
Eve Kendall: What makes you think you have to conceal it?
Roger Thornhill: She might find the idea objectionable.
Eve Kendall: Then again, she might not.
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“If any one person can be credited with having introduced the idea of “high...”
– From Philip Kemp’s short biography of Saul Bass.
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Saul Bass on Wikipedia →
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