Background
Koons, Irvin Louis was born on March 14, 1922 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank and Rose (Silver) Koons.
consultant marketing professional graphics designer
Koons, Irvin Louis was born on March 14, 1922 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank and Rose (Silver) Koons.
Graduate, Pratt Institute, 1942; graduate, New School, New York, 1946; student and instructor, Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau, France, 1948-1950; student, others schools in France, Switzerland and Italy, 1947-1949.
Designer, chief executive officer Irv Koons Associates (subsidiary Saatchi and Saatchi Worldwide, since 1983), New York City, 1950-1989. Senior advisor to administrator United Nations Development Program, since 1989. Senior advisor Division for Private Sector in Development and UNISTAR, United Nations Development Programme.
Founder, co-director International Design Assistance Commission, since 1984. Senior advisor to administrator United Nations Development Programme, since 1989. Past cultural attache, special consultant United States Department State, India.
Director 1st international packaging exhibition United States Information Agency. Teacher various art schools. Advisor Inferential Focus Forum.
Lecturer marketing New York University, University Pennsylvania, Columbia University, University Tel Aviv, Northwestern University and others in England, Holland, France, Switzerland, Brazil, China, India. Expert legal witness corporation and product image/identity.
Founder, co-director International Design Assistance Commission. Board directors, executive committee Foundation for Future Generations. Past board directors American-Israel Cultural Foundation.
Board directors, trustee Temple Emanuel, Englewood New Jersey, 1987. Trustee Art Center Northern New Jersey, Englewood, 1960-1968. Artist in residence Melton Organization, 2003.
Contributor logo and trade mark designs and graphic communications to non-profit civic organizations including American Cancer Society, Federation Jewish Philanthropies, World Hunger, Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital, United Cerebral Palsy, Jewish Theological Seminary, many others. With infantry United States Army, 1942-1946, China. Member Package Designers Council (Person of Year 1982, board directors since 1962), Industrial Design Society of America, Packaging Institute, American Institute Graphic Arts.
Married Leah Fay, December 25, 1949. Children: Adam, Jonathan, Joshua.