Archive for the 'lubalin' Category

"Every month, we will make one volume (a year’s worth of pub lic a tions) avail able through the Fonts.com blog. There are, how ever, a couple of caveats. First, the files are big – as in “way big.” The low-resolution files can be as big as 18 MB and the high-resolution files are down right huge at over 85 MB in some cases. Second, they are not per fect. The ori ginal doc u ments were some times faded, cracked or torn. That com bined with a semi-automated scan ning pro cess (over 9,000 pages scaned) res ul ted in some unavoid able “char ac ter” traits. The final caveat is that the above plan could change depend ing on audi ence interest level (or lack thereof). So, if you love it, let us know."

Flickr set of the some items from the Herb Lubalin archive at Cooper Union.

"The only place Avant Garde looks good is in the words Avant Garde."

Extensive gallery of one of the more daring designers working in the latter half of the 20th century in America. Essential type treatments and logo development. (Note: Art directed Eros magazine, therefore some images mildly NSFW).