The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography

The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography Established in 1984, the Study Center was created in order to preserve an unprecedented resource,

Herb Lubalin (1918–1981) is best known for his wildly illustrative typography and his groundbreaking work for the magazines Avant Garde, Eros, and Fact. The Study Center's core collection includes an extensive archive of his work, including promotional, editorial and advertising design, typeface designs, posters, logos, and other other materials dating from 1950 to 1980. The collection also includes work by other eminent designers including Otl Aicher, Ruedi Baur, Anthon Beeke, Lucian Bernhard, Lester Beall, Will Burtin, Lou Dorfsman, Karl Gerstner, Tibor Kalman, Alvin Lustig, Push Pin Studios, Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson, Massimo Vignelli, and many more. There is also a library of books and magazines about design and typography, an extensive collection of posters, myriad type specimen books and pamphlets.

12/09/2019

This lecture unpacks the relationships between typography and seemingly disparate studies, like chair design and choreography

So happy we got to collaborate with the wonderful folks who run Readymag again! Great tool, great people. Excellent coll...
03/17/2018

So happy we got to collaborate with the wonderful folks who run Readymag again! Great tool, great people. Excellent collaboration.👌

Proud to announce Lubalin 100, a website that honors prolific graphic designer Herb Lubalin. To celebrate Lubalin’s centenary, the site will post new content daily for 100 consecutive days. Running on Readymag, Lubalin 100 is a project by The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography and The Cooper Union. Visit and bookmark: → http://amp.gs/fy38

Herb Lubalin would have turned 100 on March 17th. To celebrate that monumental date we are launching a 100-day project. ...
03/17/2018

Herb Lubalin would have turned 100 on March 17th. To celebrate that monumental date we are launching a 100-day project. Follow along at lubalin100.com

Hikari Printing (Tokyo) ad by N. Tomai, 1959
02/24/2018

Hikari Printing (Tokyo) ad by N. Tomai, 1959

06/06/2017

PSA (again): "type design" is not typography; it does not mean designing with type, it means designing type.

Dwiggins, & all here for the talk! https://t.co/ZGkb6CjIz6
06/05/2017

Dwiggins, & all here for the talk! https://t.co/ZGkb6CjIz6

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Ad for a painting & plastering company F. Gygi+Co, by Hans Hartmann, 1940-50s. https://t.co/mqvCT8F3LP
06/05/2017

Ad for a painting & plastering company F. Gygi+Co, by Hans Hartmann, 1940-50s. https://t.co/mqvCT8F3LP

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Found some nice additions to the archive at a library sale. $1 each. Alvin and Elaine Lustig, Dwiggins, Edward Gorey, Ca...
06/03/2017

Found some nice additions to the archive at a library sale. $1 each. Alvin and Elaine Lustig, Dwiggins, Edward Gorey, Carin Goldberg https://t.co/b4thKw7NCs

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41 Cooper Square, Room LL119
New York, NY
10003

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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+12123534021

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