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Alexander Isley


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Alexander Isley (born (1961-11-16)November 16, 1961) is an American graphic designer and educator.

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Early life and education

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Alexander Isley was born in Durham, North Carolina and studied at Durham Academy, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (high school visual arts diploma), North Carolina State University College of Design (BEDV) and the Cooper Union School of Art (BFA) in New York.

M & Co. (design firm) 1984-1986

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According to his firm's online biography, "Alex first gained recognition in the early 1980s as the senior designer at Tibor Kalman's influential M&Co."

Spy Magazine 1987-1988

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Isley was the first full-time art director of the funny and fearless Spy Magazine, for which he was awarded gold and silver medals from the Society of Publication Designers."

Alexander Isley Inc. Designers 1988-

Isley is the principal and Creative Director of Alexander Isley Inc., the firm he founded in 1988 in New York City. Since 2005 the company has been located in Redding, Connecticut.

Educator

  • School of Visual Arts, Instructor, Design and Typography, 1988-1990
  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Instructor, Exhibit Design, 1992
  • Yale School of Art, Critic and Lecturer, 1996-2011

    • Other professional and not for profit affiliations

  • AIGA New York, Board member, 1988-1990
  • AIGA New York, Chapter President, 2004-2006
  • AIGA Connecticut, Advisory Board member, 2008-
  • The Cooper Union, Alumni Council
  • NC State University College of Design, Leaders Council, 2011-
  • AGI, Alliance Graphique Internationale, admitted 1998

    • Honors and awards

  • Terry Sanford Scholarship to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, 1979
  • Art Directors Club of New York Herb Lubalin Memorial Award, 1984
  • National Endowment for the Arts International Design Education Fellowship, 1984
  • "The I.D. 40" honoree: I.D. Magazine’s survey of the country's leading design innovators, 1990
  • Federal Design Achievement Award
  • Distinguished Alumnus, NC State University, 2000
  • Permanent collection, Museum of Modern Art
  • Permanent collection, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
  • AIGA Fellow, 2013
  • AIGA Medal, 2014

    • Personal

    Alexander Isley is married to Veronica Burke. They have three children.

    Archives

    The Alexander Isley Papers at the Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, covers Isley’s full career and includes initial concept explorations, original artwork, completed materials, and correspondence. An extensive selection of Isley’s poster designs are in the collection of the Museum of Design, Zürich.

    References

    Alexander Isley Wikipedia
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