Alex Isley, Graphic Designer

Mr. Isley received a B.E.D. in environmental design from North Carolina State University and a B.F.A. from the Cooper Union School of Art. He is principal of Alexander Isley Inc., with offices in Connecticut. His firm’s clients include BAM, Giorgio Armani, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Nickelodeon, MTV, and AOL Time Warner. Prior to founding his firm, he was the senior designer at M&Co. and art director of Spy magazine. His work is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1995 he was selected as an inaugural member of the “I.D. 40,” I.D. magazine’s survey of the country’s most influential designers. In 1998 he was elected to membership in Alliance Graphique Internationale. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts and the Cooper Union and has served as president of the AIGA, New York. Mr. Isley was appointed lecturer in graphic design at Yale in 1996 and was appointed critic in 2001.