Alvin Lustig began his creative career in Los Angeles, California but became increasingly upset with what he thought was a scarcity of a creative community. This drove Alvin to move to New York City in 1944 to find a richer, deeper design community. While in New York, Alvin began working in the design department of…
The designer that set precedence for book cover designs and revitalizing how people engage with literary works in a commercial sense, is none other than Alvin Lustig. This specific cover was designed in 1941 and marks the very beginning of Alvin Lustig’s professional relationship with New Directions Publishing. This is a rather serious and bold…
Alvin Lustig, known as a graphic designer and typography designer, also dabbled in designing furniture. After moving back to Los Angeles following a two-year relocation in New York City, Alvin Lustig was commissioned by Paramount Furniture to create this chair. Called the Lustig chair, the chair is created with molded plywood creating a graceful, curvy…
When one thinks of the field of graphic design and the designers that established what it is today, the name Alvin Lustig is undeniably included on that list. Although Alvin Lustig lived a short life, he had an immensely prolific career that took him across multiple sectors of design, revolutionizing each along the way. How…
24 Hour Party People, a film that follows the British record label, Factory Records, and the fonder, Tony Wilson, highlights the fall of the punk era into the rise of the rave and electronic culture that sparked in the 90’s in Manchester. The opening title sequence is a highly chaotic, eccentric, and vibrant 2 minutes…
This Design Fellowship poster immediately caught my eye when I was walking down the stairs leaving Brooks Hall. The use of color in this poster was the first thing that stood out to me and was what grabbed my attention. Placed on top of the dark grey background, the yellow to coral gradient popped out…
As I pulled Asymmetric Typography out of the stacks of other reserved books at the NCSU design Library, I immediately noticed how small it was. It appeared to be hiding closer to the back of the book shelf, in the shadows of two larger books beside it. In fact, I did not even find it…