George Lois was an art director, designer, and author from the United States. Lois was born on June 26, 1931, in New York City, the son of Greek immigrants.
Lois went to The High School of Music and Art and received a basketball scholarship to Syracuse University, but chose to attend Pratt Institute instead.
George Lois was one of the advertisers who kicked off the “Creative Revolution” that shook Madison Avenue and the rest of the world in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Lois was perhaps best known for designing over 92 covers for Esquire magazine between 1962 and 1973.
Lois is the only person to have been inducted into The Art Directors Hall of Fame, The One Club Creative Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Society of Publication Designers, as well as being the subject of a Master Series edition at the School of Visual Arts.
George Lois, died on November 18, 2022, at the age of 91. Lois’ son, photographer Luke Lois, said his father died “peacefully” Friday at his Manhattan home.
