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George Lois (born on June 26, 1931, in the Bronx, New York City) is a controversial American art director, designer, and author. Lois is best known for over 92 covers he designed for Esquire Magazine. "George Lois' Esquire covers are considered among the most memorable propaganda imagery in any medium, and certainly the most provocative in the history of the magazine industry.", from 1962 to 1972. Lois's Esquire covers offered a controversial statement on life in the 1960s with subjects including Norman Mailer, Muhammad Ali, Andy Warhol, Germaine Greer, and Richard Nixon. In 2008, The... MORE

George Lois (born on June 26, 1931, in the Bronx, New York City) is a controversial American art director, designer, and author. Lois is best known for over 92 covers he designed for Esquire Magazine. "George Lois' Esquire covers are considered among the most memorable propaganda imagery in any medium, and certainly the most provocative in the history of the magazine industry.", from 1962 to 1972. Lois's Esquire covers offered a controversial statement on life in the 1960s with subjects including Norman Mailer, Muhammad Ali, Andy Warhol, Germaine Greer, and Richard Nixon. In 2008, The Museum of Modern Art exhibited 32 of Lois' Esquire covers. Lois has since become infamous in the advertising world for taking credit for the work of others. He was born in New York City on June 26, 1931, the son of Greek immigrants. Lois attended the High School of Music and Art, and received a basketball scholarship to Syracuse University, although he chose to attend Pratt Institute. Lois attended only one year at Pratt Institute, then left to work for Reba Sochis until he was drafted by the Army to fight in the Korean War six months later. After the war, Lois went to work for the advertising and LESS