Squaring the Circle

Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 6:30 - 8:30pm

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As part of the Herb Lubalin Lecture Series, Ben Fehrman-Lee reflects on a practice occasionally at odds with itself: a specialized interest in type design as it relates to a broader practice in graphic design. This relationship will be narrated through a series of case studies of both personal investigations and commissioned typefaces. 

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Ben Fehrman-Lee is a graphic designer, typographer, and art director developing projects with individuals and institutions for culture and commerce. He is an associate design director at 2×4 in New York, and he maintains an independent practice focused on editorial and typographic projects across media.

Located in the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, at 41 Cooper Square (on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets)

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