Milton Glaser....

Known as the embodiment of American graphic design of his century Milton Glaser was admired by many. Born on June 26, 1929 Glaser was educated at the High School of Music and Art, The Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy. In 1954 became founder, and president, of Push Pin Studios. While at Push Pin Studios, Glaser introduced a contemporary design vocabulary, with a wide range of work that included record sleeves, books, posters, logos, font design and magazine formats.

For twenty years Glaser and Seymour Chwast, directed the organization Push Pin Studios. It served as a powerful influence on the direction of the world of graphic design. Push Pin is a memorable exhibition at the Louvres Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. This company will always be essential to the community of Graphic Design.

Glaser also founded New York Magazine with colleague Clay Felker in 1968. His work is characterized as “direct, simple and original, his work ranged from “ancient to avant garde.” At New York Magazine he was President and design director until 1977. Glaser has designed and illustrated more than 300 posters in career including his Bob Dylan poster for CBS records. He has also written numerous articles on graphic design and co-authored, with the late Jerome Snyder, the best-selling Underground Gourmet, a guide to inexpensive restaurants in New York



Milton Glaser Inc was founded in 1974. His career was based on the creations of posters and prints. He has been featured in worldwide exhibits, shows at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and Museum of Art in New York. He is a graphic and architectural designer best known for his I Love New York logo. This logo was used for the New York State department of commerce; it became the most frequently

imitated logo design in human history.



In 1983 Glaser founded another company called WBMG, with partner Walter Bernard. It was a studio dedicated to magazine and newspaper design work. Since its commencement they have designed more than 50 magazines, newspapers and periodicals around the world: among them “la Vanguardia in Barcelona, o Globo in Rio De Janeiro, l’espresso in Rome the Washington Post, money, the French the nation, Paris match, l´express, esquire, Jardin des modes, and business Tokyo in Japan.”



From the beginning of his career, Milton Glaser has been an active member of both the design and education communities. He taught design at the School of Visual Arts in New York in one of America’s most respected programs. Glaser serves as an influential icon in the world of design and has been rewarded for his works. In 2004 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Design Museum.

Within the School of Visual Arts, Glaser has his own archives. Titled the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives, this division is dedicated to preserving and making works easily accessible. It allows works of significant artistic, cultural, and historical value by designers, illustrators, and art directors all who have close ties to the School of Visual Arts. This site serves as a resource for students, designers, and researchers. Milton Glaser is a present design consultant to “Stony Brook University, Lands’ End Direct Merchants, Schlumberger Ltd., Bruegger’s Bagels and a number of other businesses.”

Articles on Mr. Glaser have appeared in Time, Newsweek and major publications throughout the world. In 1975 he was awarded the rare distinction of having one-man shows at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels. He was represented at the Biennale di Venezia during the same period.



Mr. Glaser has also been awarded with The Philadelphia Museum Medal, The Art Directors Club Gold Medal, The Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, The St. Gaudens Medal for outstanding accomplishment from The Cooper Union, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts Medalist Award. He is also the recipient of four honorary doctorate degrees.



Mr. Glaser designed a Child craft Store in New York. His largest work to date is a 600 ft. mural for the New Federal Office Building which is in Indianapolis. He has designed for several publications including the Village Voice, New York Magazine, Circus, More, New West, Pal Match, Cue, L'Express and Esquire Magazine. Among all of this Glaser is also responsible for the graphic design and the decorative programs for the restaurants at the World Trade Center as well as the Observation Deck at the same location.



A state-of-the-art volume on his work, Milton Glaser: Graphic Design, was published by the Overlook Press in five international editions, and a book of his posters was released by Crown Publishing.

Mr. Glaser's as a graphic designer has paved the way for design and illustration to become intelligent and serve causes that can have a social impact. Mr. Glaser created 'Epigram' for Botanist, a series of playful furniture pieces that are both classic and innovative. Mr. Glaser has taken the term “conversation piece” to a new level, these are the only furniture pieces ever created by the designer which is a part of Botanist. Botanist is a collective effort from renowned designers to bring awareness to causes that they are zealous about. The pieces designed by Mr. Glaser will be donated to the charity of his choice. He has chosen for his proceeds to benefit the International Rescue Committee.

As we can see Milton Glaser is a historic part of graphic design history. He has brought the “I love New York” Logo which will go down in history and is using his talents for great causes. Glaser has worked nonstop for over forty-five years and it is well noted. Milton Glaser now lives in New York City with his wife, Shirley.

“It’s certainly an aspiration. Work is not simply functional. Whatever it is that makes art worth looking at doesn’t come out of your intention, but from what you are.”----Milton Glaser.

SupeR siZeD ArT....

Born in Sweden in 1929, Claes Oldenburg is known as one of the great American Pop artists and creator of sculptures and monuments, Karen Rosenberg writes. The two exhibitions at the Whitney Museum, “Claes Oldenburg: Early Sculpture, Drawings, and Happenings Films” and “Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: The Music Room,” lean heavily on the museum’s sizable collection of works by Oldenburg and Van Bruggen."The radicalism of Mr. Oldenburg’s sculpture, real and imagined, has a lot to do with context and scale."

Oldenburg's work definitely was one to catch my attention as a I was reading the New York Times. His pieces were so interesting to see things we normally see every day made into such large pieces and overly exaggerated is always interesting.

John Lennon ExHibiTion...

“John Lennon: The New York City Years,” an exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC in SoHo, provides a glimpse of years the artist lived in the city, from 1971 until his death in 1980.Most of the exhibition belongs to Yoko Ono, and draws on material she has lent to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s main museum in Cleveland and to the John Lennon Museum in Tokyo."The show offers a collection of lyric sheets and production notes that, if you look closely at Lennon’s changes, additions and annotations, tell a lot about his working methods and his ways of thinking about music."

I wasn't around to enjoy John Lennon's music but i do know that he is a legend which is why I decided to do this post. I think it is important to pay tribute to those who have helped paved the way for others. His music is a part of history so I think this tribute was well needed and should be checked out if your in to music.

What is aN OuT fiT w/o an AccessorY

"Accessories are no longer an afterthought — they’re the main attraction, as shoppers look for inventive ways to make their archived wardrobe look fresh and modern. But what’s the best way to mix and match without looking cluttered or silly? Four designers put the pieces together to convey their visions for the season and infuse old classics with new drama."---Ellen Tien

This brings me back the post I did on the Lego wear everywhere. It goes to show how important accessories have become to an outfit. Now a days an outfits not complete if you don't have the right accessories. You need those earrings, belts,pins, bags, glasses, and s much more. I am an accessory queen i always have to add more to my outfit its the way to go.

AfricaN FasHion & ArTs...

At the end of April, the nonprofit group Festival for African Fashion and Arts held the Fashion for Peace show inside the Nairobi National Park in Kenya. The show featured designers from Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania.The first Fashion for Peace show was held last year in response to the violence during the elections in Kenya. In 2008, more than 1,000 Kenyans were killed and hundreds of thousands driven from their homes in the aftermath of the vote. African access to the Western fashion world remains limited. "You will rarely have an African designer have the opportunity to show his or her talent internationally,"

As I continue to blog i begin to see the affect that Africa really does have on theworld. I am glad to see it making a difference though the arts. whether it be through the UN, Bantu, or fashion shows all of this is for a better cause in Africa. I love that the rich culture can stretch so far from its origin.

The TwiTTeR GuyS...

“NO one knows what we look like,” said Biz Stone, a 35-year-old college dropout who’s dressed like a high-school student, in a shapeless black T-shirt, jeans and high tops, and is one of the three co-founders of Twitter. “So no one treats us like celebrities.” Evan Williams, 37, is also co-founder of Twitter. Twitter is now the public’s latest fascination. Mr. Stone and Mr. Williams made Time magazine’s new list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

I think that this is great and can show what a little imagination can do. These guys are regular guys who we probably come across everyday and wont know they are the founders of something a lot of use every day. Twitter is now the new facebook so lets allows these guys to enjoy this while it lasts.

Cutt offs maKinG a Come Bac...

It seems that finding a perfect pair of cutoffs is rare thing which is why people are beginning to create them themselves. Everyone wants to give their cutt off the distressed and faded look just enough in just the right places. You could purchase the perfect pair, like Current/Elliott’s rolled, stretch-denim cutoffs, for $187. But then you'd be the one who paid $187 for shorts that look more fit for cleaning. Style.com thinks paying $187 for those shorts is "nuts," too. Also, the ideal pair of cutoffs is not bought, but salvaged from ugly old jeans you no longer wear. This was the big trend in bottoms last summer and unbelievably in the ever changing world of fashion has managed to stick around for another year.

I love cutt off jeans I buy them and o have created my own. Its best tcreate your own because you can do with it what you please, you can give it a boyfriend look or a vintage look and all you need is a good pair of scissors.