American Modernism

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 opus 35 & No. 2 opus 102.

Rudolph de Harak

Record Sleeve

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.

Details

Format Record Sleeve
Designer/s Rudolph de Harak
Year 1961
Client/Publisher Westminster Reords
Size 305mm x 305mm

Rudolph de Harak

Rudolph de Harak ran his own design studio in New York, where he worked across design disciplines including the design of trademarks, posters, brochures, book, magazine and record covers, wall graphics, institutional advertising, industrial design, furniture and street decorations, sculptures, exhibitions; environmental graphics and signs. He taught at many American institutes and also created the United States pavilion for Expo 70 in Osaka; the series «Man, his planet, his space» (Canada at Expo 67) and the entire decoration of the ground floor of an office skyscraper in New York (127, John Street), including the facade writings, external decorations, benches and steel sculptures. Explore related designers including Paul Rand and Ladislav Sutnar. See also American Modernism, Record Sleeves, 1950s graphic design history.

Linked Information

Design Format: Record Sleeve
Designed in the: 1960s

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 opus 35 & No. 2 opus 102. Record 2 Rudolph de Harak.

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