Milton's California Dream
We talked to Milton about his 1969 assignment to illustrate the cover of Time magazine.

We talked to Milton about his 1969 assignment to illustrate the cover of Time magazine.
Milton Glaser's early book covers, done not long after he founded Push Pin Studios with Seymour Chwast, served as a kind of laboratory for the techniques and styles he was exploring in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Robert Delpire and Push Pin Studio’s mutual admiration resulted in exhibitions in both New York and Paris.
Milton Glaser’s surreal landscapes for Hangar Design Group.
65 Self-Portraits is one of the best documented of the remarkable series of exhibitions organized by Shirley Glaser while she was director of SVA’s Visual Arts Gallery, 1964-1969.
This amazing LP from 1969 is one of the most beautiful hidden gems in the field of pop arranged singer-songwriters. Originally issued on Poppy Records, home of psych heads The Mandrake Memorial among others, Lightman’s LP deserves to be discovered by all the fans of the soft rock, orchestra arranged sounds. Think of an American reply to the early works of Duncan Browne, Bill Fay, Nick Garrie or even Donovan at his most popsike recordings. Fans of the early Bee Gees will also enjoy this LP! Credit for the arrangements and production goes to the great Ron Frangipane and David Christopher, who is also credited as a co-writer of the albums songs. The album came housed in a beautiful Milton Glaser sleeve (Glaser was the main designer at Poppy at that time) which the Wah Wah reissue respects, and featured an insert with the lyrics which is also reproduced on our reissue. Housed in quality sleeves and pressed in 180 gram thick black vinyl for the delight of the most discriminating audiophiles. Limited to 500 copies!
Forever potent and still open to interpretation despite its ubiquity, the skeleton has surfaced many times in the early work of Milton Glaser.
Really a sister project of Milton Glaser and Jerome Snyder’s Underground Gourmet column for New York magazine, Glaser’s “Chinese Grocery” poster sought to guide the uninitiated through a Chinatown market, in this case the no longer extant United Supermarket at 84 Mulberry Street.
In 1967, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, and James McMullan produced psychedelic “travel” posters for an issue of The Push Pin Graphic.
Milton Glaser got minimal for SVA’s 40th Anniversary logo.
Some type-based design from Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast.
Shades of Yellow Submarine in Gian Carlo Menotti’s sci-fi opera for children Help, Help, The Globolinks!
Milton Glaser teamed with celebrated photographer Duane Michals in 1972 to create this metaphysical album cover for bluesy folkie Chris Smither.
Milton Glaser created this album cover in 1972 for legendary guitarist and folk singer Doc Watson.
Milton Glaser explored an undersea terrain for Sports Illustrated in 1961.
Icons of culture and folklore are interpreted by the artists of Push Pin.
Before Push Pin Studios, before the Push Pin Graphic, there was the Push Pin Almanack.
The United States Information Agency deploys its secret weapon in the Cold War: designers and illustrators.
Descending into Series II, Subseries G, we take another look at some of Milton Glaser’s logos and menus for restaurants.
In 1970, Childcraft Education Corp. turned to Milton Glaser to design their flagship store at 150 E. 58th Street.