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name: Richard   Horn
about: Richard Horn wrote several notable books on design, including Fifties Style, Then And Now and Memphis, which introduced the Memphis design movement to the United States. With William Bergman, he wrote Recombinant Do-Re-Mi: Frontiers of the Rock Era, a book on contemporary music, and he contributed articles on New Wave design and contemporary culture to national publications.He also wrote plays, including Attached, written in collaboration with Phil Kline and performed at P.S. 1. He was an associate editor of Victoria, a magazine devoted to the romantic spirit of the Victorian era.An accomplished writer and design critic, Horn died when he was 34 years old at New York University Hospital from complications from tuberculosis. He had been livi Richard Horn wrote several notable books on design, including Fifties Style, Then And Now and Memphis, which introduced the Memphis design movement to the United States. With William Bergman, he wrote Recombinant Do-Re-Mi: Frontiers of the Rock Era, a book on contemporary music, and he contributed articles on New Wave design and contemporary culture to national publications.He also wrote plays, including Attached, written in collaboration with Phil Kline and performed at P.S. 1. He was an associate editor of Victoria, a magazine devoted to the romantic spirit of the Victorian era.An accomplished writer and design critic, Horn died when he was 34 years old at New York University Hospital from complications from tuberculosis. He had been living in Manhattan. ...more
death_date: 1989-04-17 00:00:00