Milton Glaser for Time Magazine

As part of getting inspired to work my ass off in 2012, I recently rewatched the fantastic documentary Milton Glaser: To Inform And Delight. I was reminded about a few of the fantastic cover illustrations Glaser did for Time Magazine around the turn of the '70s.





November 7, 1969



December 19, 1969



September 7, 1970

Pushpin Studios for Chicago Channel 2

Check out Pushpin's allstar lineup of Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast goin' in on these great promo graphics for Chicago's CBS Channel 2. These were created under the creative direction of the great Lou Dorfsman.

The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Escape

Here is a poster designed by the great Seymour Chwast, he of Push Pin Studios fame, to promote magician Doug Henning's televised recreation of Harry Houdini's infamous stunt. This went down December 26, 1982.

Bill Cosby was there!

Here's a recap of Henning's performance:

Seymour Chwast & The Push Pin Graphic

In just a few short hours, I'm going to see a screening of Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight, a documentary about the work of one of my absolute favorite graphic artists. Inspired to share some design work from the film's key figure but assuming you've all seen the Bob Dylan poster and I Heart NY graphics 100000 times, I thought I'd post some illustrations from Glaser's partner at Push Pin Studios, Seymour Chwast.



A gifted illustrator and designer, it's a shame that Chwast's name isn't more of fixture in the Lexicon of Graphic Design Household Names (patent pending?). After graduating with a BFA from Cooper Union in 1951, he formed Push Pin Studios with fellow designers Edward Sorel and Milton Glaser in 1954. There, they designed everything from concert posters to identities to magazine illustrations to book covers to Happy Meals, always making time to release their design and art-related zine The Push Pin Graphic, the highlights of which have been compiled into a beautiful and strongly recommended book of the same name.

Here are a few illustrations drawn by Chwast for the 53rd installment of The Push Pin Graphic from 1967. They coincided with an article written on the topic of bizarre eating habits.






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Milton Glaser for LIFE Magazine

Big up to my dude Bennie from Burlesque for scooping this up for me at an estate sale for one dollar. The guy there thought it was Peter Max, but Ben rained knowledge on 'em. Glaser is best known for his iconic Bob Dylan poster and the legendary I ♥ NY logo and has created hundreds of other fantastic and inspiring illustrations, typefaces, album covers, book covers, and the list goes on and on. Expect to see much more from Milton Glaser and his Pushpin Studio around here.


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