Milton Glaser
Graphic Designer
Milton Glaser (b.1929) is among the most celebrated graphic designers in the United States. He has had the distinction of one-man-shows at the Museum of Modern Art and the Georges Pompidou Center. In 2004 he was selected for the lifetime achievement award of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. As a Fulbright scholar, Glaser studied with the painter, Giorgio Morandi in Bologna, and is an articulate spokesman for the ethical practice of design. He opened Milton Glaser, Inc. in 1974, and continues to produce work in many fields of design to this day.
A conversation with the legendary graphic designer.
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To famed artist and designer Milton Glaser, “everybody’s biggest obstacle is stupidity.”
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What keep legendary designer Milton Glaser up at night? Not much. He is the first to acknowledge that he has lived a charmed life, and worries only that he might […]
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Milton Glaser moved to Woodstock before it was trendy, and thinks of his choice to make a home there as one of the great satisfactions of his life.
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While many artists become annoyed by or even disown their most iconic works, Milton Glaser has nothing but appreciation for the success of his “I Love New York” image—even though […]
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Legendary designer Milton Glaser has ten thousand hours worth of advice for aspiring artists.
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Milton Glaser has no problem with mediums that limit design potential—they can produce great work—but he worries that technology is removing the most powerful instrument of art from the equation: […]
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Milton Glaser has spent much of his career straddling the fine line between fine art and commercial design; he gives Big Think the insights of an artist who has found […]
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Milton Glaser has had one of the most distinguished design careers of any living American artist. He tells Big Think his childhood inspirations and influences and charts his artistic evolution.
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