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(1925-2020) Writer, editor. Ralph Caplan was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Ralph Caplan

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1925

BIRTH

Ralph Caplan was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, on January 4, 1925.

1965

LITWORK

Say Yes!
Doubleday

Novel.

1976

LITWORK

The Design of Herman Miller
Whitney Library of Design
0823071413 ISBN-13: 978-0823071418
Nonfiction.

1982

LITWORK

By Design: Why There Are No Locks On The Bathroom Doors In The Hotel Louis XIV And Other Object Lessons
McGraw-Hill Book Company

Nonfiction.

2005

LITWORK

Cracking The Whip: Essays On Design And Its Side Effects
Fairchild Publications
1563673908 ISBN-13: 978-1563673900
Collection of 69 essays.

2013

OTHER

Mr. Caplan taught design criticism at the School of visual Arts in Manhattan, New York, from 2009 to 2013.

2020

DEATH

Ralph Caplan died at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, on June 4, 2020.

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