Artist: Milton Glaser

Milton Glaser was born on June 26th, 1929 to a Hungarian Jewish family in New York.  Glaser first studied art at Manhattans High School of Music and Art, graduated from the Cooper Union in 1951, and later went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, where he studied under Giorgio Morandi.

Glaser first formed Push Pin Studios with several of his Cooper Union classmates.  His work is characterized by directness, simplicity and originality.  He has been known to use any medium or style to solve the design problem in front of him.  His countless book jackets, albums covers, advertisements, and direct mail pieces showcase his wide range of styles, from wildly primitive to avant garde.

Milton started his own studio, called Milton Glaser inc., in 1974.  this led to an increasingly wide spread diversity of projects, ranging from the design of the New York Magazine, of which he was co-founder, to a 600-foot mural for the Federal Office Building in Indianapolis.  Throughout his career he has made a huge impact on the world of graphic design, effecting not only people of his time, but generations to come.