Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Milton Glaser Info


Few facts about the designer:

Milton Glaser was born on June 26, 1929, in New York City into  Hungarian Jewish family. Glaser was educated at Manhattan's High School of Music and Art, graduated from the Cooper Union in 1951 and later, via a Fulbright Scholarship, the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. In 1954 Glaser was a founder, and president, of Push Pin Studios formed with several of his Cooper Union classmates. Glaser's work is characterized by directness, simplicity and originality. He uses any medium or style to solve the problem at hand. His style ranges wildly from primitive to avant garde. He started his own studio, Milton Glaser, Inc, in 1974 in Manhattan.  Throughout his career he has had a major impact on contemporary illustration and design. In 2009, he got the National Medal of Arts.





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