Throughout the 2021 – 2022 academic year, SVA is honoring the singular life of Milton Glaser, the legendary designer, longtime SVA faculty member and former acting chairman of the SVA Board, who died in 2020. Earlier this semester, the College’s in-house design studio, the Visual Arts Press released the first issue of The Glaser Gazette, a limited-run publication dedicated to celebrating Glaser as a creative talent, mentor, colleague and friend. On view now until January 15, 2022, “SVA❤️ Milton: The Legacy of Milton Glaser,” a career-spanning exhibition of Glaser’s work, can be seen at the SVA Gramercy Gallery and SVA Flatiron Project Space and Windows. “SVA❤️ Milton” is an immersive experience that contextualizes Glaser’s enduring influence, explores his early life and career, and celebrates his legacy as a designer and teacher through photographs, audio and original pieces drawn from the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives.

Throughout the exhibition’s run, SVA will be publishing select content from The Glaser Gazette online. Today’s excerpt, “Love All Over New York” covers some of Glaser’s many designs for organizations, events and efforts in his home city and state. For more information, visit archives.sva.edu.

Milton Glaser’s most iconic work is the “I ❤️ NY” logo, conceived in 1976 when the city was struggling financially and seeking to attract more visitors. However, Glaser, who was born in the Bronx and educated at the High School of Music and Art and Cooper Union in Manhattan, was perpetually focused on improving the lives of actual New Yorkers. From magazines to museums and concert halls to schools and stores to restaurants and beer to even a subway station, his visual imprint is everywhere. Here’s a gallery selection of the New York City (and State!) projects that Glaser worked on over the course of his career in the city (and state!) that he loved.

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