Designer: Alvin Lustig

Alvin Lustig - American Graphic Designer

Alvin Lustig was born in Colorado in 1915 and attended Los Angeles City  College and the Arts Centre School. He was talented in many areas record album design to magazine covers, movie posters and postage stamps.

Explore related designers including Paul Rand and Elaine Lustig Cohen. See also American Modernism, Books, and 1950s graphic design history.

Articles Featuring the Work of Alvin Lustig

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Artefacts Featuring the Work of Alvin Lustig

Born Modern: The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig, Chronicle Books, 2010

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Born Modern: The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig, Chronicle Books, 2010

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 2010
Selected Poems, Carl Rakosi, New Directions, 1941

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Selected Poems, Carl Rakosi, New Directions, 1941

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 1941
Industrial Design, Vol 01, No. 02, April 1954

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Industrial Design, Vol 01, No. 02, April 1954

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 1954
Die Kunst des Buchumschlages, Gerd Hatje, 1954

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Die Kunst des Buchumschlages, Gerd Hatje, 1954

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 1954
Seven Designers Look At Trademark Design, Paul Theobald, 1952

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Seven Designers Look At Trademark Design, Paul Theobald, 1952

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Herbert Bayer, Will Burtin, H. Creston Doner, Alvin Lustig, Paul Rand, Bernard Rudofsky
  • Year: 1952
Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 15, 1956

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Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 15, 1956

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 1956
Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 14, 1956

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Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 14, 1956

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 1956
Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 13, 1955

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Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 13, 1955

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 1955
Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 5, 1953

From the graphic design archive:

Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 5, 1953

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 1953
Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 1, 1952

From the graphic design archive:

Perspektiven, Literatur, Kunst, Musik, 1, 1952

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Alvin Lustig
  • Year: 1952

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