Alvin Lustig was an American book designer, graphic designer and typeface designer.
14 Facts About Alvin Lustig
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Alvin Lustig was born on February 8,1915, to Harry Lustig and Jeanette Schamus in Denver, Colorado.
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Alvin Lustig studied design at Los Angeles City College, Art Center College of Design, but did not obtain a degree.
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Alvin Lustig began his career designing book jackets in 1937 in Los Angeles, California.
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Alvin Lustig designed for Fortune, and Girl Scouts of the United States.
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Alvin Lustig taught at Yale through 1953 as a Visiting Critic in graphic arts, and helped shape its graduate program in design, the first such program of its kind.
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Alvin Lustig maintained a successful professional relationship with New Directions Publishing for almost a decade, producing some of his most iconic and innovative work for the independent publishing company.
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Alvin Lustig designed more than seventy dust jackets for the New Classics literary series from 1945 until his death in 1955.
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Alvin Lustig's artwork was featured on the covers of classic works of modernist literature, including the works of James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, and Ezra Pound.
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Several Tennessee Williams plays were published by New Directions during this period and Alvin Lustig's art was included on the first edition covers of these works, including A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Alvin Lustig developed Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome, an incurable kidney disease connected to diabetes.
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Alvin Lustig died at the age of 40 of diabetes-related complications on December 4,1955.
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Alvin Lustig was awarded an AIGA Medal in 2011 for her contributions to American graphic design.
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Alvin Lustig was inducted into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 1986.