When i saw i love ny more than ever after nine eleven, i was somewhat sad and assuring and comforting at the same time. Milton glaser is a celebrated american graphic designer and artist, whose notable designs include the i ny logo, the psychedelic bob dylan poster, and the logos for dc comics and brooklyn brewery. Milton glasers work is easy to spot in a lineup its simple, direct and clear, while leaping over conceptual boundaries, so that his work connects directly to the viewer like a happy virus. Glaser founded the graphic design firm pushpin studio in new york with seymour chwast, reynolds ruffins, and. Glaser and eleven others were presented the award in a ceremony hosted by president barack obama on february 25th.
Some examples of milton glasers work are the i heart new york logo and the coke side of life poster that he illustrated for the coke side. In 2004, he was selected for the lifetime achievement award of the cooperhewitt national design museum. Hiesinger curator of european decorative arts after 1700 location directors gallery, ground floor publications milton glasers new publication art is work and his 1973 publication graphic design are available in the museum store and our online store. In 2010, he was awarded a national medal of arts by barack obama. The museum of modern art presented yokoos work in the 1972 exhibition.
In 1954, he also cofounded push pin studios, cofounded new york magazine with clay felker, and established milton glaser, inc. Graphic design legend milton glaser dispels a universal. In 2004 he was selected for the lifetime achievement award of the smithsonian cooperhewitt national design museum. Milton glaser on art, technology, and the secret of life. Milton glaser born june 26, 1929 is an american graphic designer. Drawing is thinking, the overlook press, nueva york, 2008. The best of milton glasers prodigious output since 1974 is contained in. You never know in your work what is going to endure and what is going to disappear.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. Art is work by milton glaser art is work by milton glaser twenty years after milton glaser graphic design, the longestselling design book in publishing history, the distinguished designer looks to the future. Perhaps best known for his i love new york logo, glaser was cited for a lifetime devoted to improving the way people communicate through innovation in graphic design, and for. This is the most exciting ask the expert interview that weve had so far on design informer. He studied 194851 at the cooper union art school and 195253 as a fulbright scholar. Few things today are truly iconic, but the iny logo is among them. Glaser has been the subjectof a documentary film in 2009 called to inform and delight. Links checked january172017 i was able to ask milton glaser some questions about a few different topics such as art, design, education and more. The great designer milton glaser he created the iconic i ny logo and the famous bob dylan poster is disomforted by shepard faireys use of. Art is work by milton glaser milton glaser is best known as the graphic designer who created the i love ny logo in 1975. Next time you work with a designer, start with an overview of your goals. Milton glaser still hearts new york the new york times. There was in the sixties a man named fritz perls who was a gestalt therapist.
His designs include the i ny logo, the psychedelic bob dylan poster, and the logos for dc comics and brooklyn brewery. Milton glaser, born june 26, 1929, new york, new york, u. Among the most celebrated graphic designers in the united states, milton glaser has had the distinction of onemanshows at the museum of modern art and the georges pompidou center. The 86yearold glasers many contributions to pop culturethe i ny logo, the psychedelic portrait of a rainbowhaired bob dylan, dc comics classic bullet logoconfer undeniable authority. I remember thinking wow, one piece of artwork can be. He received his early education from high school of music and art and then graduated from the cooper union school of art. Its beloved creator, the inimitable milton glaser who also cofounded new york magazine in 1968, and who is one of my most beloved creative and spiritual heroes is an icon in his own right.
Milton glaser legendary mastermind of the famous iny logo, author of delightful and littleknown vintage childrens books, notorious notebookdoodler, modernday sage of art and purpose is celebrated by many as the greatest graphic designer alive. Milton glaser interview by ella rueinterview first appeared in ucdas designer magazine vol. Getting to know milton glaser, the godfather of modern design. Milton glaser has had oneman shows at the museum of modern art and the georges pompidou center. Milton glaser on his most iconic works and the importance. Born in the bronx in 1929, he was educated at cooper union.
He earned a fulbright scholarship to study at the academy of fine art in bologna, italy. Many of glasers greatest hits are here, including i heart new york, a visual slogan. Milton glasers 87year love affair with new york is a fable of the city itself, beginning in one era of economic and ethnic division, the 1930s in the south bronx, and arriving now in another. York campaign, this school of visual arts poster announcing a show of paintings of large nudes seems to be my bestknown work. Now he is launching a new book, milton glaser posters, celebrating 427 examples of his poster designs from 1965 to 2017. His books include graphic design, art is work, and drawing is thinking.
Milton glaser american graphic designer and illustrator. To generate positive publicity for his forthcoming album, bob dylans greatest hits, cbs records commissioned milton glaser to design a special poster to be packaged with the album. On june 26, 1929, milton glaser was born in new york city. Stephen holden states the hallmark of his work are its simplicity 2, giving credence to glasers art transcending upon everyone. Graphic design, interiors, objects and illustrations. In 2004 he was selected for the lifetime achievement. Last week, milton glaser became the first ever graphic designer to win the national medal of arts. Taking inspiration from a marcel duchamp selfportrait, glaser. Milton glaser a designer and an illustrator, if you can separate the two, milton glaser is one of the most recognized designers of the second half of the 20th century. Glaser eventually left pushpin in 1976 to pursue other design work, and through his own company, milton glaser, inc.
Examples of wellknown projects abound, from newspapers and magazines to. After suffering serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in 1966, singersongwriter bob dylan was rendered bedridden and rumored to be dead. Page 1 164 fifth avenue new york, ny 10010 tel 212 807 1990 fax 212 807 1799 like all of us i was in a state of shock after september 11th. We spoke to milton about his career so far, his views on the changing industry and why ethics in design is more important than ever. Milton glaser poster collection, 1967 2017 american university. Philadelphia museum of art exhibitions milton glaser.
For further reference, please see word and image, a. Laguardia high school of music and art and performing arts. Milton glaser muses less than a minute into the above video. There seems to be much confusion about what we mean when we use.
Milton glaser was one of the major graphic designers of the postwar era in america and. His work has taken the form of many vessels, including pushpin studios, new york magazine, and milton glaser, inc. Milton glaser at fonts in use type at work in the real. Ours is one of a few recent interviews with the graphic designer and creator of the i ny logo, in which he addresses some of the moral demands of his trade questions of whether graphic design ought to compromise its integrity for the sake of meeting a clients demands. Milton glasers work is represented in the permanent collections of many institutions. Design is intended to accomplish a task, but the role of art is to transform the viewer.
Iconic graphic designer milton glaser on art, education. If milton glasers most recent volume, drawing is thinking, is the private man, with his uncaptioned and hence often mysterious images, then art is work is the public glaser, with plenty of commentary on his posters, paintings, drawings, flyers, publications, threedimensional art, and even restaurant designs. Next time you work with a designer, start with an overview of your goals, before diving into a discussion about colors, fonts or materials. See more ideas about milton glaser, bob dylan poster and new york logo. Glasers art in musicrelated projects reflects a musicians vibrancy upon their fans. He has also designed and illustrated album covers, book jackets, advertisements, posters, magazines and newspapers, and architectural interiors. A few months back, i had the opportunity to speak with milton glaser thanks to one of his assistants, scarlett rigby.
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