Glaser introduced an eclectic, narrative style full of historical references that amalgamated illustration with vintage typography. His flattened, heavily outlined images were borrowed at random from the Italian Old Masters, 19th-century illustration, comics, advertising and all manner of visual ephemera. He designed posters, record-sleeves, book illustrations, magazine covers and small advertisements in a witty, inventive style characterized by miscellaneous juxtapositions and revivalist frivolity (e.g. poster of antique head for the School of Visual Arts, New York, offset lithograph, 1964; London, V&A).
From the 1960s and to the mid-1970s Push Pin graphics dominated advertising and the print media, and Glaser’s work became something of a fashionable cult. He advocated the reintroduction of basic drawing studies in art colleges and from 1961 lectured at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, and the School of Visual Arts, New York. He was an active board member of several art-affiliated organizations. By the late 1960s his forms had become flatter and more brightly colored, inspired by Pop and Op art (e.g. Mahalia Jackson poster, offset lithograph, 1967; New York, MOMA), and he restyled a number of American and European journals in this more contemporary manner. Between 1968 and 1976 he was art director of New York Magazine, which he helped to introduce. In 1970 the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, held a major retrospective of Push Pin Studio graphics. By the mid-1970s, however, Glaser had left Push Pin to follow his new interests in furniture, consumer-product and interior design, as well as to widen his involvement in print. From 1975 to 1977 he was a vice-president and design director of the Village Voice newspaper, New York. Among the numerous sign systems he produced was that for the newly refurbished Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center, New York, in 1987. Source: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=2188 His website- http://www.miltonglaser.com/
His portfolio- http://www.miltonglaser.com/the-work/ His twitter feed- https://twitter.com/miltonglaserinc Born in 1929, Milton Glaser was educated at the High School of Music and Art and the Cooper Union art school in New York and, via a Fulbright Scholarship, the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy. He co-founded the revolutionary Pushpin Studios in 1954, founded New York Magazine with Clay Felker in 1968, established Milton Glaser, Inc. in 1974, and teamed with Walter Bernard in 1983 to form the publication design firm WBMG. Throughout his career, Glaser has been a prolific creator of posters and prints. His artwork has been featured in exhibits worldwide, including one-man shows at both the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His work is in the permanent collections of many museums. Glaser also is a renowned graphic and architectural designer with a body of work ranging from the iconic logo to complete graphic and decorative programs for the restaurants in the World Trade Center in New York. Glaser is an influential figure in both the design and education communities and has contributed essays and granted interviews extensively on design. Among many awards throughout the years, he received the 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, for his profound and meaningful long-term contribution to the contemporary practice of design.
Glaser's other well-known work includes a cache of posters that defined the style of the '60s and early '70s, and numerous logos, including such instantly familiar identities as Barron's and the Brooklyn Brewery. He is a co-founder of New York magazine and helped set that magazine's honest and irreverent tone. Recently he's been exploring the space where paintings and graphic design meet. A show in 2007 celebrated his explorations of Piero della Francesca's work. The 2009 film To Inform and Delight: The World of Milton Glaser tells the story of his celebrated career. Source: http://www. awdsgn.com/classes/fall09/webI/student/trad_mw/becchetti/final_website/bio.html |