Design Fundamentals by Robert Gillam Scott [Elaine Lustig Cohen]

Design Fundamentals by Robert Gillam Scott, 1951. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1st ed., 7.5 x 10.25, pp. 200. Scott was an Associate Professor, Department of Design Division of the Arts, at Yale University. This book originated as a course in basic design given by the author at [Sophie] Newcomb Memorial College of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; the same course the pioneering modern designer and artist Elaine Lustig Cohen was enrolled in c. 1944–46; before eventually transferring to the University of Southern California. In her oral history, Elaine recalled her teacher; “a man by the name of [Robert] Scott, and he taught a basic design class, much like [Josef] Albers, or [László] Moholy-Nagy. Based on Bauhaus teaching.” Additionally, a letter dated March 16, 1950 to Alvin Lustig (who loaned an image for the book); Scott writes “I remember her [Elaine] very well as one of the few really rewarding students.” A still relevant textbook on creative design with thirteen cha