GRAPHIC DESIGN
Milton Glaser, Jean Michel Folon [preface]
Milton Glaser, Jean Michel Folon [preface]: GRAPHIC DESIGN. Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1983. Third printing from 1998. Square quarto. Printed thick wrappers. Decorated endpapers. 246 pp. 97 color plates. 247 illustrations. SIGNED by Glaser on half-title page. Wrappers lightly rubbed with a trace of edgewear and a minor crease to lower corner. Interior unmarked and very clean. A nearly fine copy.
10 x 10 softcover book with 246 pages and 344 plates, with 97 in full color. “The time is particularly appropriate for the publication of a majo rwork by the pre-eminent graphic artist inthe Unites States. it is a time when his influence is being increasingly felt in other countries, a time when there is growing concern for the design environment within the larger society. “ Well, that was written thirty years ago, and its still oddly prescient.
Milton Glaser (born June 26, 1929) graduated from Cooper Union and co-founded Push Pin Studios, along with fellow Cooper grads Edward Sorel, Seymour Chwast, and Reynold Ruffins in 1954. Glaser and Chwast directed Push Pin for twenty years, while it became a guiding reference in the world of graphic design. His work is displayed in the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Milton Glaser, Inc. was established in 1974 in Manhattan, and is still producing work in a wide range of design disciplines, including corporate identities (logos, stationery, brochures, signage, website design, and annual reports), environmental and interior design (exhibitions, interiors and exteriors of restaurants, shopping malls, supermarkets, hotels, and other retail environments), packaging (food and beverage packaging), and product design. He’s a living legend.