Sunday, December 5, 2010

Milton Glaser


     Milton Glaser was born on June 26, 1929. He is a graphic designer best recognized for his "I Love New York" logo and the "DC bullet" logo used by DC Comics between 1977 and 2005. He also founded the New York Magizine with Clay Felker in 1968.
     Glaser attended New York City's high school of Music and Art (now named Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts. He graduated from the Cooper Union in 1951.
     In 1954, Milton was a founder and president of the Push Pin Studios formed with several of his Cooper Union classmates. His work is characterized by simplicity and originality and ranges from primitive to avant garde. In 1974 he started his own studio named Milton Glaser, Inc.


     Glaser's work has earned numerous awards from Art Directors clubs, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Society of Illustrators and the Type Directors club.


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