中文简介：

鲁道夫·德·哈拉克（Rudolph de Harak，1924-2002）是二十世纪中期最具影响力的平面设计师之一。这本制作精美、内容全面的专著深入介绍了这位重要人物的生活和工作。

从他早年在洛杉矶的生活到在纽约市作为设计顾问和教育家的成功，德·哈拉克将创造性带到了他所设计的一切，从唱片封面到书皮，从家具到展览。德·哈拉克的作品受到了早期现代主义大师的影响，如威尔·布廷、乔尔吉·凯佩斯、阿尔文·卢斯蒂格和马克斯·比尔，以及国际风格、抽象表现主义、欧普艺术和波普艺术的严谨、简洁和理性主义。

本书按时间顺序分为六章，涵盖了德·哈拉克的生活和职业生涯，每一章都有关于影响其作品的设计师、建筑师和艺术运动的侧记，记录了德·哈拉克在平面、体验、工业和家具设计方面的开创性且多产的50年职业生涯，其客户包括大都会艺术博物馆、康明斯发动机公司、麦格劳·希尔出版社等其他机构。

英文简介：

Rudolph de Harak (1924–2002) is one of the most influential graphic designers of the mid-twentieth century. This beautifully produced, comprehensive monograph is devoted to this fascinating and significant figure and provides an in-depth account of de Harak's life and work.

From his early years in Los Angeles to his success as a design consultant and educator in New York City, de Harak brought inventiveness to everything he designed, from record covers to book jackets, from furniture to exhibitions. De Harak's work was influenced by early modernist masters, such as Will Burtin, Gyo¨rgy Kepes, Alvin Lustig, and Max Bill, as well as by the rigor, simplicity, and rationalism of the International Style, Abstract Expressionism, Op Art, and Pop Art.

Organized chronologically into six chapters that cover de Harak's life and career, each supported by sidebars on the designers, architects, and art movements that have influenced his work, Rudolph de Harak Graphic Designer documents de Harak's pioneering and prolific fifty-year career in graphic, experiential, industrial, and furniture design for a wide range of clients, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cummins engine company, McGraw Hill publishing, and many others.