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I M G. Biography. Born in 1929, New York City, Hungarian Jewish Family High School of Music And Art Cooper Union Art School (via a Fulbright Scholarship) Graduated in 1951 Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy. Biography.

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  1. I M G

  2. Biography • Born in 1929, New York City, Hungarian Jewish Family • High School of Music And Art • Cooper Union Art School (via a Fulbright Scholarship) Graduated in 1951 • Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy

  3. Biography • 1954 Co-founded Push Pin Studio with Seymour Chwast, ReynoldRuffins and Edward Sovel • 1968 New York Magazine • 1975 Eventually left Push Pin Studio to pursue multiple interests

  4. Awards • 1992 the Honors Awards from the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A) • 1996 The Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, the St.Gauden’s Medal from The Cooper Union, and the Prix Savignac for the World’s Most Memorable Poster • 2004 Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum • 2009 National Medal of Arts by President Obama

  5. George Salter (1897- 1967) • German • Excellent calligrapher & illustrator • Book Cover Designer • Taught for nearly 30 years of Cooper Union • His designs were signature pieces for some of the important literary works of the 20 century • “He was a man of great integrity and he was an influential teacher --- so decent, so nurturing” …Glaser Alfred Döblin’snovel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929)

  6. Designed in 1977 • Promote tourism in New York City (later to promote NY State) • Design: • American Typewriter ( a rounded Slab Serif typeface) • Innovative Pop-style

  7. The most internationally recognizable icon • 2001 “I love NY” were recreated to be “I love NY more than ever”

  8. Imitation:

  9. Bob Dylan Poster (1966) • Historical Background: • 1960s: Rock ‘n’ Roll rose • New genre of poster art • John Berg (Columbia Records) asked Glaser to create a poster for Dylan’s album “Greatest Hits”

  10. Features: • Shadow of the face of Bob Dylan • Similar composition Self portrait of Marcel Duchamp (1957)

  11. Features: • Colourful curly hair • Invented by Glaser • Described as “Psychedelic” • Often associated with rock posters • Rock ‘n’ Roll often related to “Psychedelic”

  12. Features: • “DYLAN” • An own invented typeface by Glaser • Reused in another poster for a Mahalia Jackson concert at Lincoln Center (1967)

  13. Facts: • One of the most widely circulated of all time • ≥ 6 million were distributed with the album • “I would have redone the hair. It’s a little clumsy.” Milton Glaser

  14. "In 1968, Clay Felker and I founded New York Magazine, where I was president and design director until 1977. The publication became the model for city magazines, and stimulated a host of imitations." --- Milton Glaser

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