We do it #ForTheCultrs
Glaser had an enormous impact on the field of design and creativity and a panel of 11 designers gathered to discuss his work and share their stories.
He had such a firm belief in the responsibility of designers, to society, to the entire community around us.
Milton was not just designer and illustrator (sic), he was doing all these different things as a true renaissance man.
The late Milton Glaser met up with designboom in New York back in May 2000 and gave some really insightful answers in his interview.
Some of my favourites:
DB: what kind of music do you listen to at the moment?
MG: I listen to everything, my musical taste is extremely eclectic – traditional jazz, folk music, baroque, classical music (mozart, bach, even beethoven, brahms). my inclination is that I favorite baroque and 18th century music over 19th century music. well, I admire the 19th century for both, in terms of its musical and of its artistic accomplishment, but it does not touch my heart in quite the same way.
DB: when you were a child, did you want to become a graphic designer?
MG: I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn’t know what a graphic designer was. I suppose that among the earliest things I ever did as a child was to copy comic strips.
DB: where do you work on your designs and concepts?
MG: I work all over, I do different things in different places. I have a very nice studio in woodstock, where I go on thursdays, fridays and saturdays. there I do things that have to be done alone, drawings and complex things I have to think about. at the NY studio it is mostly organizing, working with others and producing things. I would say that I’m never not working in my mind. taking taxicabs or during breakfast…
DB: which project has given you the most satisfaction?
MG: it is very hard to say, because they are all very different. I’m working now on a buddhist museum, a himalayan museum in new york and it has been a very interesting, a very pleasurable project. but all these projects are very interesting in their own way. actually, it is not the project in itself. what makes them more interesting than anything else is the character of the people you’re working with. I enjoy working together for a common purpose.