Type High: Experiments in Dimensional Design and Typography

Inspired by the collection of the Herb lubalin Study Center for Design and Typography Type High: Experiments in Dimensional Design and Typography investigates the application of type as form, image, and sculpture, by transforming the gallery into a space for experiencing typography outside of written language. The sculptures were designed and fabricated over the course of a summer by myself and Michael Prisco. Support for the exhibit was provided by the Herb Lubalin Center for Design and Typography as part of the Rhoda Lubalin Fellowship.


Awards and Press
Graphis Design Annual Competition
AIGA Eye on Design
Core77 Design Awards

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PROCESS: Hydroformed "B", photo taken at the moment where the seam broke open from the water preasure. 
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Fred Smeijers, 1996
Counterpunch: Making Type in the Sixteenth Century, Designing Typefaces Now
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Bradbury Thompson, 1957
Westvaco Inspirations 208

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TABLES: Curated ephemera from our research in the Lubalin Center archive was displayed. Ephemera included work from Herb Lubalin and other designers such as Bradbury Thompson, Willem Sandberg, Milton Glaser, Lou Dorfsman and Alan Fletcher who experimented with the dimensionality and physicality of letterforms.
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