Mike Essl asked us to contribute a few things to a show he put together. Looks like a lot of good work/good people:

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.

FEATURED ARTISTS: Marian Bantjes / Deanne Cheuk / The CW Network In-house department / Ariel Di Lisio / Marcus Eriksson / Oded Ezer / GrandArmy / Gretel / Jessica / Hische / HunterGatherer / Justin Thomas Kay / Like Minded Studio / Brett MacFadden / Christopher Martinez / Non-Format / Matt Owens / Post Typography / Roberto Quiñones / Strange Attractors Design / Alex Trochut / TV Land / Rick Valicenti / and Herb Lubalin

OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6 – 8pm
The Cooper Union
41 Cooper Gallery [ MAP ]
This event is free and open to the public.

EXHIBITION ON VIEW
November 5, 2009 – December 8, 2009

GALLERY HOURS
Monday–Thursdays 12–7 pm, Saturday 12–5 pm
Closed Fridays and Sundays
Closed November 26, 2009–November 29, 2009

This actually came out a last month, but just posting it now. Wired Magazine needed an illustration for an article about creating a more nerd-friendly culture in high schools. Brain over brawn. You can read the article here.

Illustration: Todd St. John

We completed a campaign for Million Trees NYC which—like the GreeNYC campaign—is part of PlaNYC, the city’s long-term environmental initiative. The campaign encourages New Yorkers to get involved in the planting and maintaining of trees. Various versions of the campaign are running around the city in the subway, buses, outdoor, etc.

Design: Gary Benzel / Todd St. John

HunterGatherer now has a Facebook page. You can fan like us. Here’s a link:

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Early this year, Fuel TV asked us to submit a concept for their “Signature Series”, which invites artists, illustrators and animators to create work in a ‘signature’ technique. We’d proposed an animation built on a series of wooden blocks interpreting a piece of music. They form and reform into a number of different shapes and objects. The better part of June was spent building and painting literally hundreds of blocks. Extra special thanks to everyone who helped. In particular Phil Pinto, Eric Schoenbrunn, Leta Sobierajski and Ben Yonda. And of course thanks to Fuel TV.

Watch the video here.

Director: Todd St. John