Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• France
• Mid Century Modernism, French Modernism

Illustrated Journeys: The Designs of Alain Cornic

Illustrated tourist brochures designed by Alain Cornic. Little is known about Cornic, at least in the magazines and books I have collected, his clients included Shell, Air France and the French Tourist Office. 

Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories

• Bulgaria

Stephan Kantscheff (Kanschev) – A Bulgarian Master of Illustration

Stephan Kantscheff (Stephan Kanschev) was a Bulgarian artist born in Kaefer, Todental. His colourful palette and joyous, folk-esque illustrations won him many commissions and his work was celebrated for both its quality and social significance.

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Rational Simplicity, the first major monograph of Rudolph de Harak by Richard Poulin

"Rudy is one of the unsung pioneers of American mid-century modernist graphic design. He had a unique and definitive point of view that was really never celebrated. This may have been attributed to his strict adherence to the formal principles of modernism and the International Typographic Style."