Alvin Lustig
Recent articles about Alvin Lustig
California is a state of mind
Issue 90, Summer 2015
Rendered, on the cover of Metropolis’s American edition, in iridescent foil…
Out of hand
Issue 80, Summer 2011
Handwriting is a touchstone in the history of graphic design, where lettering meets the messy…
Born modern
Issue 10, Autumn 1993
Painting is dead, long live the dustjacket. Alvin Lustig brought modern art into American bookshops…
Naked words
Issue 82, Winter 2012
Type-only book covers – whether deliberately austere, functional … or shouting loud from the…
Recent blog posts by Alvin Lustig
Type Tuesday: Presstival
24 July 2012
Preview of a late summer festival for British print and type enthusiasts
We like the sound of ‘Presstival’, otherwise known as the annual open day of the Whittington Press, which takes place on Saturday 1 September this year.
Founding father of infodesign
28 July 2008
How Will Burtin used design for science in exhibitions and magazines
Above: the walk-in Cell exhibition, a million times larger than life, designed by Will Burtin for UpJohn. From Design and Science: The Life and Work of Will Burtin, reviewed by Eye art director Simon Esterson in Eye no. 68.