About the Author

Richard Poulin is cofounder, design director, and principal of Poulin + Morris Inc., an internationally recognized, multidisciplinary design consultancy located in New York City.

His work has been published in periodicals and books worldwide, is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress, and has received awards from the American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Applied Arts, Communication Arts, Creative Review, Graphis, ID, Print, Society for Environmental Graphic Design, Society of Publication Designers, Type Directors Club, and the Art Directors Clubs of Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.

Richard is a fellow of the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), the organization’s highest honor for lifetime achievement; and past president and board member of the New York Chapter of AIGA, He is also a recipient of a research grant in design history from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

Since 1992, he has been a faculty member of the School of Visual Arts in New York City and was formerly an adjunct professor at The Cooper Union. He has also taught and lectured at Carnegie-Mellon University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Massachusetts College of Art, North Carolina State University, Simmons College, Syracuse University, University of the Arts, and University of Cincinnati.

He currently lives in Palm Springs, California with his husband of thirty years, Douglas Morris.