Richard Poulin

Richard Poulin is a designer, educator, author, and artist living in Southern California. Throughout his career he has focused on a generalist approach to all aspects of design, including graphic, experiential, interior, and exhibition design, dividing his time between professional practice and academia.

For over thirty years, he was Creative Director and Managing Partner of Poulin + Morris Inc., which he co-founded in New York City in 1989. As a highly-respected educator, he taught at Cooper Union and the School of Visual Arts for over two decades. He is a recipient of a research grant in design history from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; a recipient of a Fellow from the Society of Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), the profession’s highest honor; and his work is in the permanent design collections of the Denver Museum of Art, Letterform Archive, Library of Congress, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

Richard is also the author of several books on graphic design, typography, and design history which have been translated into eight languages and used by students and practitioners worldwide. His new book, a comprehensive monograph on the life and work of mid-century modernist designer Rudolph de Harak—Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak: Graphic Designer—was published by Thames & Hudson (London).

As an artist, his multi-media collage constructions have been exhibited throughout the United States and are in the collections of several private collectors.

Richard lives in Palm Springs, California.