Monday, June 29, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Herb Lubalin Archives at Cooper Union

Hopefully everyone who reads this blog saw fellow designer Justin Kay's thorough documentation of the incredible Herb Lubalin Archives at Cooper Union in NYC. If you haven't, I can't recommend it enough. Justin spent several hours sifting through posters, books, and even original sketches from the man who I consider to be the greatest contemporary graphic designer and typographer.

He was kind enough to save a few photographs for this exclusive post on So Much Pileup, so make sure to visit his site and leave a comment here thanking him!


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11 comments:

Harry said...

awesome....

Jeremy said...

I could stare at this post all day, look at that lowercase g, whoa. Thanks Justin you're like Moses coming down the mountain with commandments.

Unknown said...

amazing. what's the font used on the 7th picture?

Mike Davis said...

g - that's Lubalin's own Avant Garde (also featured in the orange alphabet design above it)

Stacks Press said...

this is the best set of his posters i've seen in a while-nice big photos of them too, awesome!

Unknown said...

thanks Mike! and thanks again for posting these awesome pics.

dalemilwaukee said...

great design is timeless...i looked at Lubalins work in awe back in the 70s when i was first starting out in design. 30 years later, it still just amazes me....

Anonymous said...

so, so tough. thanks for sharing.

Will said...

Thanks a bunch for bringing us the goods.

Chris Sobieniak said...

These are indeed beautiful!

Moderator said...

Thank you thank you thank you thank you! Thank you! Such a fan of his work. Thank you for making these available for everyone to see and enjoy! Thank you!!!