What does pop mean in Milton Glaser’s art? Milton Glaser: POP—a groovy new book from three longtime School of Visual Arts community members and published by The Monacelli Press, and a companion exhibition on view this spring at the College—aims to answer that question. In this bold graphic tome, celebrated author and MFA Design Co-Chair Steven Heller; designer, illustrator and activist Mirko Ilić, who has taught in the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program; and Beth Kleber, head archivist at SVA and the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives, explore and curate Glaser works from the 1960s and ’70s, or what they have distinguished as the late designer and longtime SVA faculty member’s “pop” era.

Each of the three authors had personal and professional connections to Glaser. He and Heller were SVA colleagues for more than 40 years, and Glaser taught in Heller and Co-Chair Lita Talarico’s MFA Design program. Kleber has overseen, written on and interviewed Glaser about his vast archive of illustrations, artworks and designs since he donated it to the College in 2003. Ilić, whose studio was on the top floor of Glaser’s building on 32nd Street, often collaborated with the elder designer and became a close friend. The book’s editor, Alan Rapp, is part of the SVA family, too, having graduated in 2010 from the College’s MFA Design Criticism program.

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Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić and Beth Kleber have authored ‘Milton Glaser: POP,’ a groovy new book featuring the iconic designer’s 1960s and ’70s work.