Milton Glaser is an american graphic designer and illustrator, born 26.6.1929 in new york. He studied painting, typography and illustration at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York (1948–51) and spent two years (1952–3) at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, working under Giorgio Morandi and drawing extensively from plaster casts. Drawing remained central to his subsequent career in graphic design. Important early influences were the prints of Félix Valloton and Art Nouveau decoration. He has designed and illustrated more than 300 posters, record-sleeves, book illustrations, magazine covers and small advertisements in a witty, inventive style. Read the interview with Milton Glaser at designboom.