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July 09, 2021

Color Fuses

In 1974, Milton Glaser was commissioned by the General Services Administration (GSA) to design a mural for a new federal building in Indianapolis.

The Minton-Capehart Federal Building in Indianapolis

June 25, 2021

Milton At Work

A survey of photos of Milton at work in his studio on 32nd Street.

Milton drawing and talking on the phone.

June 21, 2021

Ode to Félix Vallotton

Milton Glaser cited Félix Vallotton, an artist who did more with less, as one of his most important influences.

June 08, 2021

Madison Avenue's Magic Promenade

Milton Glaser designed a poster for 1971's Madison Avenue Magic Promenade, an open streets initiative during John Lindsay's tenure as NYC Mayor.

May 25, 2021

Kevin Eggers

A little about Kevin Eggers, the music producer, entrepreneur, and longtime friend and client of Milton Glaser.

May 11, 2021

Broadside

In 1968, Milton, Marian Javits, and Clay Felker founded Broadside, a fine arts printing company focused on producing (very) large format prints by significant artists at affordable prices by utilizing commercial printing presses.

Robert Rauschenberg on ladder next to a large print on the wall.

April 28, 2021

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking

The Manhattan Yellow Pages went psychedelic in the early 1970s.

clown holding spectacles over head with feet

April 13, 2021

Pizza Piazza

Milton designed the logo for Pizza Piazza, a long-gone but beloved restaurant that was located at 785 Broadway at 10th Street.

April 05, 2021

Paperbacks USA

In 1961, Milton Glaser designed the Call for Entries for the Paperbacks USA exhibition from AIGA.

Open book with eyes on front and back cover

March 22, 2021

Sammontana Gelato

In 1981 Milton Glaser redesigned the logo for Sammontana, an Italian ice cream company based in Empoli.

March 02, 2021

Monsanto Nights

In 1968 and 1969, Glaser drew Barbra Streisand, Sophia Loren, Pearl Bailey and Carol Channing for advertisements announcing Monsanto Nights, a series of popular TV specials sponsored by the sprawling chemical company Monsanto.

February 11, 2021

Lee Savage

Lee Savage was an accomplished realist painter, a successful art director and animator, and Milton's co-creator for the legendary "Mickey in Vietnam.

February 02, 2021

The Other Bob Dylans

Milton Glaser’s 1996 poster of Bob Dylan became one of his most iconic works and represented peak Push Pin style. But Glaser later produced two more portraits of Dylan that sharply diverged from the thin curvilinear lines and flat color of his best-known work.

January 11, 2021

Lillian Roxon's Discotique

Lillian Roxon, the trailblazing Australian music journalist and author of the massive Lillian Roxon’s Rock Encyclopedia (1969) was a rich subject for any artist.

Woman with flowery hair with record album spinning around her head with colorful figures

December 07, 2020

Audio Recordings of SVA Events, 1960-1980

Several recordings of historical lectures, interviews, and symposia at SVA are now available through Artstor. Digitized from old quarter-inch reel-to-reel tapes, these recordings cover a period from the early 1960s to late 1980s and represent a wide range of art and thought from the period in question.

December 02, 2020

Letter Perfect

Milton Glaser created three postage stamps for the tiny republic of San Marino in 2016.

November 02, 2020

Milton and Morandi

The year Milton Glaser spent studying etching with Giorgio Morandi in Italy was a pivotal time in his art education.

October 19, 2020

Milton Glaser's Prime Time

For an article on returning to the site of the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines, Glaser painted a muted and downcast soldier emerging over a vivid landscape.

October 16, 2020

Remembering Ed Benguiat

We at the Archives are sad to hear that Ed Benguiat passed away yesterday at 92. The Milton Glaser Design Study Center remember the man of a thousand typefaces.