Art & Copy

Milton Glaser

To inform & delight

Milton is Glaser is a well-known graphic designer and he is famous for creating “I ♥ N.Y. logo”. He actually created that logo one day inside of a cab in New York. The logo helped reverse the decline and boost moral when New York City was widely perceived as danger zone. Glazer is about to tuen 80 and he is still designing. He has been designing at same office since 1965. His office is right next to an elementary school. Glaser said, we need to operate by interruption.

Food plays important role in his design because food is nurture, and shows generosity.He loves to teach others and desire to influence other’s lives. Advice he can give is whatever you learn take it to next project. During an interview he was asked to give advices for the young artist: it's a tough business,
you have to be amazingly consistent and persistent.
you have to work like hell. you cannot become an excellent practioneer without 
constantly working hard all your life. it is not an easy way 
to earn your money. you have to be well trained and you 
have not to be narrow to references, because everybody 
else is doing that at the same time. the richness of 
understanding comes from the deep historical, 
philosophical idea. Glaser said an inspiring statement that stick with me, which was “graphic designers have access to peoples mind and find something in common with each other. Social commentary and coexistence is important in his designs because that creates less likely to have war between each other. I like his positive ideas.Glaser’s work is everywhere logos, New York magazine, posters, restaurants, and super markets. He won a life time achievement award and received National Medal of Arts by President Obama in 2009.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/movies/22glas.html

http://www.hillmancurtis.com/index.php?/film/watch/milton_glaser/

http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/glaser.html

Sketches of Frank Gehry

In order to success or stand out of crowd the individual need to be brave and take risk, perhaps lots of risks. Frank Gehry is higly recognized architect and his works are very unique and the building he designed seems almost impossible to build. He loves to sketch and he can sketch very quickly like Kandinsky. Gehry would draw out his ideas on his sketchbook like any other architects would in the beginning process of designing a particular building. However his sketbook is not quite similar to theirs. His drawings are quick and almost hard to even recognize that they buildings. It is quite interesting to know where he gets his ideas. He gets his ideas from everywhere, surroundings, and he even gets ideas from looking at a painting; the contours and compositions of the painting. He then makes model after model to see if building can come to life. His works are almost imaginary building. Buildings he designed are so unique, free, whimsical and fun. He unique buildings are not only unqiue but have sound and movements to them. His free style of architecture is so different from other buildings. Some people have criticized his works saying that his building doesn’t seem to belong there and doesn’t match surroundings. Frank did not let those comments bother him too much he pressed on therefore he is where he is now.

I found it to be interesting when he said. “ It’s so stupid that I like it”. But he makes sure everything will come together. It is inspiring to know that although Frank Gehey did not have many supporters because of his different and unique ideas but he kept on going pressing forward.Which led him to be the leading and well-recognized architect today.

Reference:

• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/frank-gehry/sketches-of-frank-gehry/602/
• http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/g/frank_gehry/index.html