Milton Glaser
Graphic Designer
To famed artist and designer Milton Glaser, “everybody's biggest obstacle is stupidity.” Read More
A conversation with the legendary graphic designer. Read More
What keep legendary designer Milton Glaser up at night? Not much. He is the first to acknowledge that he has lived a charmed life, and worries only that he might have to stop working one day. Read More
Milton Glaser moved to Woodstock before it was trendy, and thinks of his choice to make a home there as one of the great satisfactions of his life. Read More
While many artists become annoyed by or even disown their most iconic works, Milton Glaser has nothing but appreciation for the success of his “I Love New York” image—even though he doesn’t own the copyright. Read More
Legendary designer Milton Glaser has ten thousand hours worth of advice for aspiring artists. Read More
Milton Glaser has no problem with mediums that limit design potential—they can produce great work—but he worries that technology is removing the most powerful instrument of art from the equation: pencil and paper. He also opposes Internet-enabled crowd sourcing, which produces subpar work and “exploits the innocent.” Read More
Milton Glaser has spent much of his career straddling the fine line between fine art and commercial design; he gives Big Think the insights of an artist who has found the key to distinguishing between the two. Read More
Milton Glaser has had one of the most distinguished design careers of any living American artist. He tells Big Think his childhood inspirations and influences and charts his artistic evolution. Read More
About Milton Glaser
Milton Glaser (b.1929) is among the most celebrated graphic designers in the United States. He has had the distinction of one-man-shows at the Museum of Modern Art and the Georges Pompidou Center. In 2004 he was selected for the lifetime achievement award of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. As a Fulbright scholar, Glaser studied with the painter, Giorgio Morandi in Bologna, and is an articulate spokesman for the ethical practice of design. He opened Milton Glaser, Inc. in 1974, and continues to produce work in many fields of design to this day.