Spring arrived in New York and a lazy walk down to Chinatown and Little Italy yielded a trove of type treasures.
Moe's Meat Market, Nolita, NYC
I’m glad that the Moe’s Meat Market sign is still hanging, even though you can only buy rather uninspired art within. [click to continue…]
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I recently made a presentation to students at City College at the invitation of another Cooper Union alum Ina Saltz and her colleague Donald Partyka. Rather than show a portfolio I showed my job history as it related to my teachers and classmates. I’m posting this to my blog because it has had over 500 views on SlideShare in one day so it must strike a nerve.
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Herb Lubalin Drove a Racing Green Volvo P1800 ES
by Michael Aron on March 22, 2012
Herb Lubalin was my teacher, mentor, and boss. He was virtually mute, ambidextrous, and amazingly talented.
Early Herb Lubalin Design Studio Sign
I rescued this brass sign from the trash when I worked there back in the 1980s. Read his brief biography here. My favorite memory is driving around with him in his fantastic Volvo P1800 ES, a tour de force of automotive design. Herb definitely had style. This sign definitely is the work of Tom Carnase, and you can see a resemblance to the New York Magazine logo he modified years later.
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