Packaging Design Magazine, 1961 [Rudolph de Harak]

Packaging Design edited by Milton L. Kaye, Arnold Farber et al., Vol. 2, No. 3, May/June 1961. Cadel-Kaye Inc., New York, USA. 8.25 x 11.25, pp. 68. Cover design and guest art direction by Rudolph de Harak.

Early issue of the bi–monthly American magazine, Packaging Design (published since c. 1960) and dedicated to the materials, construction, graphics, research and marketing of packaging design. Illustrated throughout in black and white with color trade advertising. Rudolph de Harak’s unique three-dimensional “P” made from five individual packages, literally depicts packaging.

Featuring: Package Designs, Capsuled Case Histories, Robert Sidney Dickens Profile, Packaging Design Research Part One (Excerpts from the First Symposium on Package Design Research), A Brief Discussion on the History of Packaging Design, A Protest Against Design Sameness, Two Points of View (Independent and Converter Designer), Comments on the 1961 American Management Association Packaging Conference and Manufacturers Exhibition and more.

A very good, vintage magazine with a light scrape to the bottom of the spine. Excellent and uncommon cover design by Rudolph de Harak.