Milton Glaser may be best known for a 1977 doodle that became his hometown’s unofficial slogan: I ♥️ NY. But the Bronx-born graphic designer had many other successes during his nearly 70-year career, including iconic posters and prints and cofounding the groundbreaking design firm Push Pin Studios.
In the 1950s, American graphics tended toward a Swiss-influenced precision. Glaser, however, pulled from the whole of art history for his designs, inspired by his studies with the painter Giorgio Morandi while on a Fulbright scholarship in 1952. His famous Bob Dylan poster, a landmark of the psychedelic age, was inspired by a Marcel Duchamp self-portrait and the jewel-like colors of Islamic art.
A cofounder of New York magazine, Glaser went on to design for scores of other publications, and in 2009 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
In an instance of life imitating art, Glaser was asked to create the promotional posters for the final season of Mad Men, which aired in 2014 and 2015. “I could have walked in the door of that firm,” the designer told the New York Times of the fictional Sterling Cooper & Partners. “I knew those people.”
“There are three responses to a piece of design — yes, no and wow!” he said. “Wow is the one to aim for.” Glaser rarely, if ever, missed the mark. He died of a stroke in 2020.
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1967 Bob Dylan - Milton Glaser Original Vintage Poster
By Milton Glaser
Located in Winchester, GB
Celebrated graphic designer Milton Glaser was commissioned to create this special poster to package with Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album in 1966. With Dylan suffering serious injurie...
Paper
1992 Campari - Milton Glaser Original Vintage Poster
By Milton Glaser
Located in Winchester, GB
Iconic Italian liqueur brand Campari hired the renowned American graphic designer Milton Glaser in 1992 to create a series of artworks to promote the drink. Campari was formed in ...
Linen, Paper
Sans Tabac Original Poster by Milton Glaser, 1980
By Milton Glaser
Located in Winchester, GB
Featuring gorgeous artwork by the American designer Milton Glaser, this beautiful 1980 French poster promotes anti-smoking, reading "sans tabac prenons la vie a pleins poumons" or "w...
Paper
Tranche De Mai - Loterie Nationale Original Poster by Joseph Koutachy, 1962
By Joseph Koutachy
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning lithograph poster for the Loterie Nationale, the French National Lottery. Reading "Tranche de Mai", or "May Slice" the beautiful artwork was created by poster artist Joseph ...
Paper
1976 Montreal Olympic Games - Kingston Original Poster by Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Located in Winchester, GB
Wonderful vibrant poster for the 21st Olympiad, the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games. The Soviet Union won the most gold medals at the event, with 29 countries boycotting the games...
Paper
1968 Stevie Wonder, Lincoln Center Original Vintage Poster
By Milton Glaser
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful lithographic poster created in 1968 to promote Stevie Wonder's show at Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The concert was held on September 26th 1968 at ...
Paper
The 46th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design Poster
By Milton Glaser
Located in New York, NY
First edition, 4-color offset printed poster of this influential and now iconic Psychedelic-era image, commissioned as a call for entries for the 46th annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design. Designed by Tom Daly, who also did the body painting with theatrical greasepaint and water-soluble acrylics on model Wandy Embry, and photographed by Kenneth Harris...
Paper
Milton Glaser's original 1975 poster for the Saratoga Performing Arts
By Milton Glaser
Located in PARIS, FR
Few graphic artists defined the cultural rhythm of postwar America as distinctly as Milton Glaser, and his 1975 poster for the Saratoga Performing Arts Center is no exception. Celebr...
Paper, Lithograph
Original Vintage Music Poster Bob Dylan Milton Glaser Psychedelic Design Art
By Milton Glaser
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music poster from the sixties psychedelic era featuring an iconic image of the influential musician Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimm...
Paper
Original Vintage Sport Skiing Travel Poster I Love NY New York Winter Festival
By Milton Glaser
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport and skiing travel poster for a Winter Festival issued by the New York State Department of Commerce featuring a great design by the notable American grap...
Paper
Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Original 1967 Milton Glaser Fold Out Poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Offset lithograph printed in colors 33 x 22 in (83.82 x 55.88 cm) Fold lines as issued; very good vinta...
Lithograph
Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Original 1967 Milton Glaser Fold Out Poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Offset lithograph printed in colors 33 x 22 in (83.82 x 55.88 cm) Fold lines as issued; very good vinta...
Lithograph
A new exhibition in Philadelphia stars a complex decade that continues to inspire.
The career of legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser has been varied and vast, from co-founding New York magazine and devising the iconic I ♥ NY logo in the 1960s and '70s up through creating the Brooklyn Brewery logo and Mad Men posters. And today, at age 86, he's still producing thoughtful, impactful and singular work.
