There’s a Herb Lubalin retrospective at the new Cooper Union gallery. Lubalin’s sense of play, and his proficiency in type are admirable. He’s definitely one of my all-time favorite designers.

From the exhibit’s website: “The inaugural exhibition in the newly re-located Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography. 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 in Cooper Union’s new gallery, the installation includes 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 Lubalin’s influence on contemporary graphic design.”

Click here for the exhibit’s site.