
Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area
Award-winning illustrative designer providing custom logos and trademarks, branding, illustration, print collateral and web site design. Additional services include marketing strategy, photography and copywriting.
Founder and principal of Alvalyn Creative, a boutique design studio. Works with entrepreneurial businesses and small corporations.
Instructor at UCLA Extension in Graphic Design and Architecture/Interior Design departments, teaching courses in Color Theory, Design Fundamentals and Self-Branding.
Logo and identity design, branding programs, illustration, print design, web design, creative direction, photography, copywriting, and complete project management.
(Architecture & Planning industry)
September 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)
teach courses in two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design and color theory
(Graphic Design industry)
September 1994 — Present (15 years 3 months)
Designer and creative director of boutique design firm focusing on illustrative design, branding and web design. Also photography, copy writing and complete project management.
(Graphic Design industry)
September 1993 — Present (16 years 3 months)
teach courses in color theory, design theory and branding
BFA , Illustration , 1978 — 1981
undergrad , Art, English , 1975 — 1978
photography, writing, hiking, cooking, guitar, industrial design, gardening, reading, road trips, lots of sketching, blogging and the general passing along of jokes and puns
AIGA, Art Center Alumni, Creative Latitude, Logo Lounge, Graphic Artists Guild, Rotary, FC Company of Friends
2009 American Graphic Design Awards
Logo Design Category
Winner for the design of logo for CrossFit Life Groups at Lighthouse Church, Newbury Park, CA
2008 American Graphic Design Awards
Publication Design Category
Winner for the design of the 2007 Van Nuys Airport/Los Angeles World Airports New Journal of Student Research Abstracts.
Contributing Designer, Create Magazine Jan/Feb 2008
Airport Council International-North America's 2007 Excellence in Marketing & Communications Award for the New Journal of Student Research Abstracts, published by Van Nuys Airport. Designed by Alvalyn Lundgren.
Featured Speaker, ArtsDayLA, 2004-2006
Professor of the Year, UCLA Extension Architecture/Interior Design, 2004