Milton Glaser

Milton Glaser (1929-2020) was one of the most influential American graphic designers of the postwar era. Born in the Bronx and trained at the High School of Music & Art and at Cooper Union, he studied in Bologna on a Fulbright scholarship with Giorgio Morandi, then co-founded Pushpin Studios in 1954 with Seymour Chwast, Reynold Ruffins and Edward Sorel.

He founded New York magazine with Clay Felker in 1968, opened his Manhattan studio Milton Glaser, Inc. in 1974 and formed the publication design firm WBMG with Walter Bernard in 1983. His I Love NY mark, drawn in 1977, became one of the most imitated logos ever made; in 2009 he was the first graphic designer to receive the National Medal of Arts. He taught at the School of Visual Arts for six decades.