Alvin Lustig

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Alvin Lustig Modern American design pioneer (b. 1915, Denver, CO, d. 1955), known for his books, graphic design, interior and architectural design, and typefaces. Lustig studied design at Los Angeles City College, Art Center, and independently with American architect Frank Lloyd Wright at his Taliesin studio and French painter Jean Charlot. He began his career designing book jackets in 1937 in Los Angeles. In 1944 he became Director of Visual Research for Look Magazine. He also designed for Fortune, and Girl Scouts of the United States. The Rochester Institute of Technology maintains an Alvin Lustig Collection. Wikipedia link. Digital typefaces based on Lustig's work: Greta Bassanese's Alvin Lustig Typeface (2014). Lustig Elements (2016, P22). Craig Welsh (Lancaster, PA) and AIGA Medalist Elaine Lustig Cohen (NY), Alvin's widow, extended Alvin Lustig's 1939 geometric typeface Euclid, and named it Lustig Elements. It was cut in wood by Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in 2015, and produced as a digital typeface in 2016 by P22.	EXTERNAL LINKS Alvin Lustig [Designer info] Behance page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Architectural lettering/typefaces ⦿ Type scene in Colorado ⦿ Bauhaus and type design ⦿ De Stijl and type design ⦿ Wood Type ⦿