Monday, September 1, 2003

An Interview with Milton Glaser

 

Milton Glaser


An Interview with Milton Glaser

1 September 2003

“I WOKE UP ONE DAY, A FEW DAYS AFTER 9/11. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, ‘I LOVE NEW YORK’ ISN’T THE STORY ANYMORE… I BASICALLY REALIZED THAT WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS AN INJURY, LIKE WHEN A FRIEND OF YOURS, SOMEBODY YOU LOVE, GETS TERRIBLY SICK.”

If graphic design has a grand master, then Milton Glaser is Michelangelo. The Dylan poster. The oh-so-ripped-off “I ‘Heart’ NY” logo. The image for Angels in AmericaNew York magazine. Everything else.