Lubalin Now

Posted on October 8, 2009January 25, 2010 Posted in Design, Events, TypographyTagged avant garde, event, exhibit, gallery, graphic design, typeface, Typography1 Comment

Lubalin Now will be a new exhibit in the re-located Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography. I’m looking forward to this!

Herb Lubalin (1918–1981) is best known for his wildly illustrative typography and his groundbreaking work for the magazines Avant Garde, Eros, and Fact. On view will be recent posters, publications and motion graphics by internationally recognized graphic designers that spotlight an emerging trend toward expressive lettering and typography. Original sketches, magazines, logotypes, and posters selected from the Lubalin Center Archive will illuminate Herb Lubalin’s influence on contemporary graphic design. Featured artists include Herb Lubalin, Justin Thomas Kay, Non-Format, Matt Owens, Alex Trochut, Post Typography and many more.

CURATED BY
Mike Essl
Alexander Tochilovsky

OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6 – 8pm
41 Cooper Square Gallery

EXHIBITION ON VIEW
November 5, 2009 – December 8, 2009

Now Showing/Barcelona

Posted on September 24, 2008September 24, 2008 Posted in Design, Events, FilmsTagged exhibition, Films, gallery, graphic design, movies, posters, spain, wear it with pride

Darren from Six and of WIWP fame contacted me about an art exhibition called Now Showing that explores the lost art of the film poster. Artists who’s work is on display include: Build, Hellovon, Non Format, Corey Holms, David Pearson, Marian Bantjes, Tomer Hanuka, Wallzo, James Joyce, Yuko Shimizu, Siggi Eggertsson and Many More.

The show is currently in Barcelona at the Vallery gallery from Sept. 18 – Oct. 18. Here’s a Flickr set of the Barcelona show where you can also purchase the posters from.

Minimalsites.com

Posted on September 16, 2008September 16, 2008 Posted in DesignTagged gallery, graphic design, minimal, minimalism, websites5 Comments

Minimalsites.com is an excellent collection of sites featuring a minimal design. Just what the doctor ordered. Ironically, the site design itself isn’t all that impressive.

My personal site has just been added.

Wim Crouwel 80 | 20 | 100

Posted on September 8, 2008September 8, 2008 Posted in Design, Grid SystemsTagged dutch, exhibition, gallery, graphic design, Grid Systems, neu alphabet2 Comments

Another great exhibit that I won’t be able to see. I thought NYC was the art capital of the world? Great shows like this are never here.

Anyway, Vivid Gallery in Rotterdam will be hosting an exhibition on Wim Crouwel from October 11 – November 23. If you’re in the Netherlands you won’t want to miss it.

An exhibition with 100 designs by Wim Crouwel celebrating his 80th birthday
and also celebrating 20 years Nijhof & Lee

To celebrate the 80th birthday of Wim Crouwel and 20 years Nijhof & Lee VIVID organises the exhibition 80 | 20 | 100

100 works by Crouwel will be on display. For this VIVID gallery made a selection out of the superb Crouwel collection of Frank Nijhof and Warren Lee.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue designed by David Quay.

Retrospective—One

Posted on August 26, 2008August 26, 2008 Posted in Design, EventsTagged exhibition, experimental jetset, gallery, graphic design, uk2 Comments

If you’re in London in the next week or so be sure to catch the Retrospective—One exhibit at Kemistry Gallery. I’d love to see what Experimental Jetset created. I wish they had an inline gallery.

Kemistry Gallery has asked eleven previous exhibitors to create pieces to celebrate four years exhibiting outstanding graphic design and illustration. With a lineup that speaks for itself, Retrospective—One is bringing together Experimental Jetset, Eine, James Joyce, Parra and Geoff McFetridge among others in a line up of graphic design all-stars. Pieces include hand-drawn typography, one-off collages, lightboxes, print editions, and objects showcasing the breadth of graphic design both as a communication form and as a aesthetic skill.

Sexiest Form You Ever Saw

Posted on January 30, 2008January 30, 2008 Posted in Design, TypographyTagged Design, form, gallery, graphic, identity, london, modernism, posters, Typography, uk6 Comments

This is probably the sexiest form I’ve seen in a while. Right up there with that Eames form. I want one.

It was created by Ewan Robertson of Oscar And Ewan for Terrace Studios, a gallery in Dalston, London. The project includes identity, design and a website which you can check out there.