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Content includes:
Armin Kesser, Zurich: Ben Nicholson
Mary Gowing, London: Hans Schleger
Manuel Gasser, Zurich: Swiss Posters 1960
William B. McDonald, London: Elle.A New Trend in French Magazine Design
Claudio Bianconi, Milano: Marco Biassoni
Dott. Lidia Crescini, Milano: Andrea Mantegna. The Bridal Chamber in the Ducal Palace at Mantua
Dr. Willy Rotzler, Zurich: The Art Directors Club of New York.39th Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art
A. Hyatt Major, New York: J.J. Audubon. Draughtsman of the Birds of America
Hans Pflug, Zurich: Andre and Pierre Gonin’s Limited Editions

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Graphis 93, 1961. Cover design by Ben Nicholson.
Graphis 93, 1961. Cover design by Ben Nicholson.
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Rudolph de Harak designed over 50 record covers for Westminster Records as well as designing covers for Columbia, Oxford and Circle record labels. His bright, geometric graphics can easily be distinguished and recognised.

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The typographic designs produced for the National Theatre by Ken Briggs are not only iconic and depict the Swiss typographic style of the time, but remain a key example of the creation of a cohesive brand style.

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I first came across Kens work in the Unit Edition’s superb monograph, Structure and Substance, published in 2012. Although I had owned a few of the British industrial design magazines, Design, for a few years before, in which Ken had designed numerous covers for.
In the ambitious new monograph Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer, Volume shines a light on the complete arc of the exceptionally rich and varied career of Rudolph de Harak, showcasing his vibrant, graphic, formally brilliant work, which blazed a colourful trail through the middle decades of the twentieth century.