Herb lubalin

This past March the iconic Herb Lubalin would have been 100 years old. To celebrate his centennial birthday Herb Lubalin Study Center launched Lubalin 100, a project directed by Annabel Brandon. The daily celebration featuring one work by the graphic design legend for each of the next 100 days has already garnered worldwide media attention. Per Alexander Tochilovsky, curator of the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography at The Cooper Union...

Upper & lower case, March 1978. Graphic design and typography from Editorial and Design Director, Herb Lubalin.

This is Herb Lubalin’s logo for The Sound of Music, used on a souvenir brochure for the movie. Interesting fact: “Rather than accept payment by royalty, Lubalin insisted on a large fee. By doing so, he missed an opportunity to make a great deal of money. The Sound of Music, released in 1965, went on to be one of the most successful movies of all time.” -from Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer, 2012 More things I like: Movie poster typography An Education, Suspiria, Johnny Mnemonic The…

Four quadrant poster design based on Herb Lubalin and his work

Before there was Typekit, before there was Fonts.com, DaFont or Google Fonts, designers had to share their typefaces the old-fashioned way—via print advertisements. In Print magazine’s 75 years of publishing, we’ve seen some great adverts, some funny, some dry and some, well, strange. We dug deep into the archives to find our favorite type-vertisements. Some you might recognize, others, not so much. The 1950s 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 The 1960s 1960 1960 1960 19

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Cover for book on #punctuation designed by Herb Lubalin, 1969 #fontsunday @DesignMuseum @lubalincenter

Avant Garde Typeface

Stark typography to deliver stark criticism in the politically charged 1960s.

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On 3rd April 2018, Lubalin 100 celebrated the discovery of some long lost PBS logo animations, that were originally animated after 1971.

100 days celebrating Herb Lubalin’s centenary (1918–2018). Project by the Herb Lubalin Study Center and Readymag.

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Explore Herb Lubalin Study Center's 905 photos on Flickr!

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