Designer Milton Glaser in his office in New York in 2014 Photo: Christina Horsten/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
Milton Glaser, the graphic designer who created the famous “I 
NY” logo, as well as a psychedelic poster for Bob Dylan inspired by a silhouette self-portrait by Marcel Duchamp and many other landmark pieces of visual design, died on his 91st birthday on Friday. His wife, Shirley Glaser, told The New York Times the cause was a stroke.
Glaser said he came up with the idea for the “I NY” logo in the back of a taxi, sketching it out on an envelope with a red crayon. The original drawing is now held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Used since 1977 to promote tourism for the city, the pared-down graphic has since appeared on every conceivable piece of merchandise and became the official slogan of New York, as well as a fiercely held symbol of affection for its residents. After the 11 September terrorist attacks, Glaser released a new version of the logo stating “I NY More Than Ever”, with a black smudge on the heart, sold to raise funds for charities. “Im flabbergasted by what happened to this little, simple nothing of an idea,” Glaser told The Village Voice in 2011.
Milton Glaser, I (Heart) NY concept sketch (1976), now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Born in the Bronx to Hungarian Jewish immigrant parents, Glaser went to the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan, and then later the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. After graduating in 1951, he received a Fulbright scholarship and studied hard ground etching with the painter Giorgio Morandi at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Returning to New York in 1954, he co-founded the design firm Push Pin Studios, which published the influential magazine The Push Pin Graphic, and became a guiding force of the visual aesthetic of that era. He also started New York magazine with the editor Clay Felker in 1968, and served as its president and design director until 1977.
Milton's Glaser's 1966 poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album was inspired by a self-portrait by Marcel Duchamp
After 20 years there, Glaser left Push Pin to start his own company and was given a solo show at MoMA in 1975. "By the early seventies, Milton Glaser had become the nearest thing to a cultuRead More – Source
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