Louis Nelson (artist)

Last updated
Louis Nelson
Born1936
New York
Nationality American
Alma mater Pratt Institute
Occupation Industrial designer
Years active1965-present
Notable work
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Dag Hammarskjöld Medal
Spouse(s)
(m. 1996)
Website http://www.louisnelson.com

Louis Nelson (born 1936, New York) is an American industrial designer and graphic artist who is best known for designing the Mural Wall for the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington.

Contents

Career

Louis Nelson graduated with a degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in New York City in 1958. [1] [2]

From 1958 until 1962 he served in the US military, where he became a Captain and helicopter instructor.

After the Army, Louis returned to Pratt Institute, where he graduated with a master's degree in Industrial Design in 1964.

Louis Nelson designed the Mural Wall of the Korean War Veterans Memorial located in Washington. [3] [4] He also designed the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal, [5] [6] [7] as well as the nutrition facts label that appears on food packages in America. [8] [9] [10]

Awards and recognition

Louis Nelson has been honored by several industry designer organizations and magazines: [11]

Personal life

In April 1996, he married musician Judy Collins, whom he had been seeing since 1978. They live in Manhattan. [13]

Related Research Articles

Carnegie Mellon University Private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools, the university became the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, formerly a part of the University of Pittsburgh, to form Carnegie Mellon University. With its main campus located 3 miles (5 km) from Downtown Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon has grown into an international university with over a dozen degree-granting locations in six continents, including campuses in Qatar and Silicon Valley, and more than 20 research partnerships.

Judy Collins American singer and songwriter

Judith Marjorie Collins is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter with a career spanning over 60 years. She is known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records and for her social activism. Collins has released 28 studio albums, 4 live albums, numerous compilation albums and 4 holiday albums.

Judith Resnik American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

Judith Arlene Resnik was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L. Resnik was the second American woman in space and the fourth woman in space worldwide, logging 145 hours in orbit. She was the first Jewish woman of any nationality in space. The IEEE Judith Resnik Award for space engineering is named in her honor.

Mellon College of Science

The Mellon College of Science (MCS) is part of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. The college is named for the Mellon family, founders of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, a predecessor of Carnegie Mellon University.

Korean War Veterans Memorial United States historic place

The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C.'s West Potomac Park, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. It memorializes those who served in the Korean War.

Pratt Institute Private university in New York State

Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York. The school originated in 1887 with programs primarily in engineering, architecture, and fine arts. Comprising six schools, the institute is primarily known for its highly ranked programs in architecture, interior design, and industrial design.

Mellon Institute of Industrial Research United States historic place

The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research is a former research institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, which is now part of Carnegie Mellon University. It was founded in 1913 by Andrew Mellon and Richard B. Mellon as part of the University of Pittsburgh, and was originally located in Allen Hall. After becoming an independent research center and moving to a new building on Fifth Avenue, the Mellon Institute subsequently merged with the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1967 to form Carnegie Mellon University. While it ceased to exist as a distinct institution, the landmark building bearing its name remains located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Bellefield Avenue in Oakland, the city's university district. It is sited adjacent to The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and the University of Pittsburgh's Bellefield Hall and is across Bellefield Avenue from two other local landmarks: the University of Pittsburgh's Heinz Memorial Chapel and the Cathedral of Learning.

Philip Pearlstein is an American painter best known for Modernist Realism nudes. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums.

Henry Hornbostel American architect

Henry Hornbostel was an American architect and educator. Hornbostel designed more than 225 buildings, bridges, and monuments in the United States. Twenty-two of his designs are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Oakland City Hall in Oakland, California and the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum and University Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Carnegie Mellon School of Design

The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is a degree-granting institution within a private university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The School of Design is one of five schools within the Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts offering both under and post graduate education. The School is accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and awards BDES, MA, MDES, MPS, MII-PS, DDES, and PhD degrees. The School of Design has 21 full-time and 10 adjunct faculty.

Publicolor is a not-for-profit organization based in New York City. It engages high-risk, low-income students ages 12–24 in a multi-year continuum of design-based programs to encourage academic achievement, college preparation, job readiness, and community service.

Norman Norell American fashion designer

Norman David Levinson known professionally as Norman Norell, was an American fashion designer famed for his elegant gowns, suits, and tailored silhouettes. His designs for the Traina-Norell and Norell fashion houses became famous for their detailing, simple, timeless designs, and tailored construction. By the mid-twentieth century Norell dominated the American fashion industry and in 1968 he became the first American fashion designer to launch his own brand of perfume.

Eugene Lee is an American set designer who has worked as the production designer for Saturday Night Live since the show's premiere in 1975. Lee has been resident designer at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, since 1967.

Miller ICA at Carnegie Mellon University Contemporary art gallery in Pennsylvania, US

The Miller ICA at Carnegie Mellon University is the contemporary art gallery of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel American architectural historian

Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel is an American preservationist, historian, author, and television producer. She is an advocate for the preservation of the historic built environment. She has worked in the fields of art, architecture, crafts, historic preservation, fashion, and public policy in the U.S. She is the author of 24 books, numerous articles and essays, and recipient of many honors and awards. She is a former White House Assistant, the first Director of Cultural Affairs in New York City, and the longest serving New York City Landmarks Preservation Commissioner.

Patricia Moore is an American industrial designer, gerontologist, and author.

Donald Genaro American industrial designer

Donald M. Genaro is a retired American industrial designer. He was president of Henry Dreyfuss Associates up to 1994. He has been recognized by The New York Times for his contribution to industrial design.

Robert Lepper American artist and educator

Robert Lepper (1906-1991) was an American artist and art professor at Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University, who developed the country's first industrial design degree program. Lepper's work in industrial design, his fascination with the impact of technology on society and its potential role for artmaking formed the background for his class "Individual and Social Analysis", a two semester class focusing on community and personal memory as factors in artistic expression, which with his theoretical dialogues with his most promising students outside the classroom fostered the intellectual environment from which such diverse artists as Andy Warhol, Philip Pearlstein, Mel Bochner, and Jonathan Borofsky would later build their art practices.

CannonDesign

CannonDesign is an American architectural practice that provides services for a range of project types including corporate headquarters and commercial office buildings, healthcare centers, education and municipal facilities, multi-family residential, mixed-use, sports facilities and convention centers.

Read Viemeister was an American industrial designer. He was the Creative Director for the Lippincott team working on the Tucker car in 1947, and the founder of Vie Design Studios in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

References

  1. "Louis Nelson (B.I.D '58) and associates designed hand held tabled called One World Explorer". Pratt Institute. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. Hannah, Gail Freet (2013-07-02). Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 11. ISBN   9781616891749.
  3. Glueck, Grace (9 July 2004). "DESIGN REVIEW; The Art of Making Things That Look Good and Work". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  4. Remembering Korea: The Korean War Veterans Memorial . Twenty-First Century Books. 2001-01-01. p.  46. ISBN   9780761321569.
  5. "50 Years of UN Peacekeeping Operations, 6 October English". United Nations. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  6. Lewis, Paul (1998-08-22). "United Nations Journal; Rome, My Dear Watson, Was Not Built in a Day". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  7. "Nov. 11: CMU's Prestigious Master of Product Development Program Hires New Innovative Managing Director To Handle Growth - Carnegie Mellon University". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. EVICH, HELENA BOTTEMILLER. "Nutrition labels set for major overhaul". Politico. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. Hannah, Bruce (2004-02-04). Becoming a Product Designer . John Wiley & Sons. pp.  174–178. ISBN   9780471223535.
  10. Brady, Lois Smith (24 September 2010). "State of the Unions: Judy Collins and Louis Nelson". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  11. "Louis Nelson". Pasos Peace Museum. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  12. "2013 ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ANNOUNCED". Pratt Institute. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  13. Brady, Lois Smith (1996-04-21). "WEDDINGS: VOWS;Judy Collins, Louis Nelson". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2015-12-01.