Milton Glaser, creator of the legendary “I ♥ NY” logo — and a Manhattan graphic designer who revolutionized the visuals of promoting in the 1960s and ’70s — died on Friday on his 91st birthday, according to stories.
The induce of death was a stroke, his wife of more than 50 years, Shirley, explained to The New York Moments.
Although his community claim to fame was the graphically catchy, and emoji-prescient, New York symbol — imparting the concept “I Like New York” working with just three letters and a coronary heart — the Bronx native was a prolific designer.
His noteworthy designs consist of a psychedelic, 1967 poster of Bob Dylan.
Glaser only closed up store on his Kips Bay workplaces — a 10,000 square-foot Beaux-Arts townhouse where he assisted located New York Magazine — in April of last calendar year.
“Art is Work” was etched on the glass transom around its front doorway, The Submit mentioned at the time.
In afterwards several years, he and Shirley break up their time between Manhattan and Woodstock.
“At this point in our life, we do just about nothing at all,” he advised The Put up in 2017.
“We have a lovely household in Woodstock [NY]. It is the alternation of those people experiences that matter.
“After we’ve been in Woodstock a week or two, we feel of NYC as a family vacation. The capability to choose your energy stage and natural environment, and feeling you have that selection, will make it pleasant.
“At a certain issue, you locate you want to invest most of your time on your own — in this situation, with your spouse — performing modest points and not going a lot more than 6 or eight blocks from where you reside.”
