courtesy of mike essl, i was lucky enough to visit the herb lubalin archives at cooper union today. needless to say flipping through herbs flat files was a dream come true. seeing so much work i have been exposed to for so long start in the baby stages of a ink sketch on tracing paper (along with a boatload of unseen/unused concepts - like a preliminary MTV logo!) was humbling. he is the true embodiment of a commercial artist and creative director that knew how to map out his ideas for his cohorts (mainly petholick and canarsie). the best part is - the archives are totally open to the public. you can go and not only flip through his work, but the work of otl aicher, herbert bayer, and many others. they have an absurd collection of slides and full collections of avant garde, U&LC, fact, etc… way too much to list. needless to say a couple hours was not enough time. ill be going back for sure. you should go check it out too.
i uploaded a pretty major set to my flickr. enjoy.
Posted by Justin Thomas Kay on June 12, 2009 at 04:35 PM
