Rudolph de Harak Graphic Designer

Rational Simplicity

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The first major publication on the life and work of America’s celebrated mid-century modern graphic designer

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Rudolph de Harak was one of the most influential graphic designers of the mid-twentieth century. Inspired by early modernist masters, such as Will Burtin, György Kepes, Alvin Lustig, and Max Bill, as well as by the rigour, simplicity, and rationalism of the International Typographic Style, European Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, and Op Art, he developed and refined his timeless and pioneering work from his early years in Los Angeles to his success as a design consultant and educator in New York City. Throughout his illustrious career, he was continuously exploring the potential of abstraction, geometry, and colour, as well as experimenting with photography and various photographic techniques in new and exciting ways. De Harak brought his pioneering inventiveness to everything he created, from album covers, book jackets, and branding to furniture, exhibitions, and museums.

This comprehensive monograph is the first and only publication devoted to this fascinating and significant figure in the history of modernist graphic design and provides an in-depth and definitive account of the master’s life and work.
Extent: 408 pp
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2022-10-06
Size: 30.0 x 21.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500025383

Press Reviews

Loaded with familiar designs as well as environmental concepts that include wayfinding, furniture, sculpture, and typography, Poulin’s 408-page volume is a visual spectacle
Palm Springs Life




About the Author

Richard Poulin is a design consultant, educator, author and artist living in Palm Springs, California. He has based his forty-year career on a generalist approach to graphic, environmental, interior and exhibition design. Since 1986, he has divided his time between professional practice and academia in New York City, as co-founder and design director of Poulin + Morris Inc., and as an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts and Cooper Union. Richard has written seven books on design, which have been translated into eight languages.

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