Alvin Lus7g Cover for A Season in Hell 1945
14. Alvin Lus7g Cover for A Season in Hell 1945 • Alvin LusBg (1915 – 55) whose life was cut short by illness incorporated his subjecBve vision and private symbols into graphic design • Commissioned by New DirecBons publishers in New York to create a series of book covers • LusBg’s methodology involved searching for symbols to capture the essence of the contents and treaBng form and content as one
15. Alvin Lus7g Cover for Anatomy for Interior Designers 1948
16. Alvin Lus7g Cover for Anatomy for Interior Designers 1948 • LusBg believed in the importance of painBng for design and design educaBon (the illustra7on on the cover was painted) • LusBg, along with Joseph Albers (who once taught at the Bauhaus) developed the graduate design program at Yale University • He considered the use of private symbols in design as a way to create original work