Elaine Lustig Cohen (1927 – 2016) was an American graphic designer, artist and archivist. She is best known for her work as a graphic designer during the 1950s and 60s, having created over 150 designs for book covers and museum catalogs. Her work has played a significant role in the evolution of American modernist graphic design, integrating European avant-garde with experimentation to create a distinct visual vocabulary. Later continued her career as a fine artist working in a variety of media. In 2011, she was named an AIGA Medalist for her achievements in graphic design.
In 1969, Cohen resigned from commercial design work, turning almost exclusively to painting. In the late 1970s, she began experimenting with mixed media, collage, sculpture and printmaking. Like her book cover designs, her work frequently incorporates typography and abstraction. During the latter part of her artistic career Cohen continued to produce works both by hand and digitally using Adobe Illustrator.
In 1995, the Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum hosted an exhibition celebrating Cohen's career as a graphic designer, which featured over eighty examples of her work. In 2012, the AIGA had an exhibition in the AIGA National Design Center in New York City called, "The Lustigs: A Cover Story". This was the first retrospective that featured the design work of both Alvin and Elaine together.
In 2011, Cohen received the AIGA medal, which is awarded to "individuals who have set standards of excellence over a lifetime of work or have made individual contributions to innovation within the practice of design."
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Elaine Lustig Cohen or assignee. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
In 1969, Cohen resigned from commercial design work, turning almost exclusively to painting. In the late 1970s, she began experimenting with mixed media, collage, sculpture and printmaking. Like her book cover designs, her work frequently incorporates typography and abstraction. During the latter part of her artistic career Cohen continued to produce works both by hand and digitally using Adobe Illustrator.
In 1995, the Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum hosted an exhibition celebrating Cohen's career as a graphic designer, which featured over eighty examples of her work. In 2012, the AIGA had an exhibition in the AIGA National Design Center in New York City called, "The Lustigs: A Cover Story". This was the first retrospective that featured the design work of both Alvin and Elaine together.
In 2011, Cohen received the AIGA medal, which is awarded to "individuals who have set standards of excellence over a lifetime of work or have made individual contributions to innovation within the practice of design."
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Elaine Lustig Cohen or assignee. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| Mrs Elaine Lustig Cohen |
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| Elaine Lustig Cohen at work |
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| 1963, 7th Annual Purim Ball, The Jewish Museum |
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| 1947, Joseph Conrad, (co-designed with Alvin Lustig) |
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| 1947, Spearhead |
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| 1950, A Type Specimen page |
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| 1955, Lightolier book cover |
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| 1956, Meridian Giant book cover |
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| 1957 Baby Doll book cover |
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| 1957, God and the Way of Knowing book cover |
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| 1957, Sights and Spectacles cover |
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| 1957, World Brotherhood |
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| Exhibition catalogs for Picasso- The Master Works and Marca-Relli- New Paintings, Kootz Gallery, New York, 1958-59 |
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| 1958, Millionth anniversary |
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| 1958, The Book of jazz book cover |
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| 1958, The Disinherited Mind book cover |
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| 1958, The Philosophy of Spinoza book cover |
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| 1958, Water Resources |
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| 1958, Witchcraft book cover |
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| 1959, Clear Writing book cover |
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| 1959, Dangling Man book cover |
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| 1959, Jonathan Edwards book cover |
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| 1959, New Year Invitation |
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| 1959, Philosophy in the Middle Ages, book cover |
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| 1959, Scenes From the Drama of European Literature, book cover |
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| 1957, Seagram Building signage, 1959 advertisement |
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| 1960, Jerusalem and Rome: The Writings of Josephus, book cover |
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| 1961 Lindenmeye Schlosser |
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| 1961, The Federalist book cover |
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| 1961, Seagram directory |
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| 1962, Georg Jensen |
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| 1962, Philip Johnson Map |
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| 1962, FAA project |
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| 1962, FAA identity |
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| 1963, Silver and Judaica Collection, The Jewish Museum |
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| 1963, The Michael M. Zagayski Collection of Ceremonial Art, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY |
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| 1965, SONA, the Golden One |
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| 1966 AIGA Fifty Years |
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| 1966, Max Ernst- Sculpture and Recent Painting, The Jewish Museum |
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| 1966, Primary Structures |
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| 1966, Two Kinetic Sculptors |
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| 1968 New Years Party |
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| 1973, Geometric Abstraction |
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| 1975, Tri Quarterly, cover |
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| 1975, MOMA, greeting card |
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| 1979, Unidad |
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| 1997, Artists and Enemies - Three Novelas, |
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| 1997, Hans Hoffman |
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| 1997, The Ideal Reader book cover |
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| 1997, Topkapi |
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| 2001 MOMA: Mies in Berlin |
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| 2002, General Dynamics proposal |
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| 2006, Alphadefense |
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| 2006, Pangaea |
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| Domingo collage |
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| Hanukkah invitation |
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| Homage to Malevich |
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| Jan. 1 |
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| The spoils of Poynton, book cover |
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| Three tales |
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