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apartamento 4
Taking a completely new approach in the interior design magazine market, apartamento features real people in real environments, with interiors we can all aspire to rather than over-styled, over-glossy, catalogue-like spreads. The 4th issue is now available in all good magazine stores, and in our opinion is definitely worth picking up.
Lubalin Now
The pioneering designer Herb Lubalin (1918-1981) is famed for wildly expressive typography and groundbreaking work for the magazines Avant Garde, Eros and Fact.
On view in Cooper Union’s new gallery, this installation includes recent posters, publications, and motion graphics by internationally recognized graphic designers that illuminate Lubalin’s continuing influence in contemporary design.
The exhibition will also mark the debut of newly relocated The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design & Typography, situated in the college’s new state-of-the-art academic building at 41 Cooper Square.
Exhibition dates: November 5- December 8, 2009
41 Cooper Gallery
Corporate Diversity
Swiss Graphic Design and Advertising by Geigy, 1940–1970
This book is the first comprehensive presentation of Geigy design, whose studio was the launching pad for one of the great periods of Swiss graphic design in the 1950s and 1960s, and demonstrates the importance of the country’s contribution to the international history of design. The studio was lead by Max Schmid and employed Karl Gerstner, Armin Hofmann and Herbert Leupin among others.
19.8 x 26.4 cm, 208 pages, 385 illustrations, hardcover
Guy Bourdain “A Message for You” & ‘Unseen”
Guy Bourdin is considered to be one of the most daring and intriguing artists in the world of 20th century visual culture. He was responsible for the groundbreaking turning point in the world of image-making in the late 70s. “A Message for You” focuses on the late 70s, when he acquires maturity in his practice and his poignant observations reflect the dynamic period of social change, sexual liberation, capitalism’s vanity, excess of consumerism, growing power of the media. All these themes found their ideal place in the transient form of the glossy magazine page. Likewise, the exhibition “Unseen” presents a selection of Guy Bourdin most beautiful and iconic works and unveils to the public some of his less known prints.
From 15th February to 5th April 2009 at Galleria Carla Sozzani