Designer Presentations

April Greenman

Growing up, April was supported by her parents and great aunt and inspired by their teachings. Her mother taught her about dancing, which in turn taught her lessons about not “faking” anything, which led her to prove herself in design later. Likewise, her aunt taught her to work hard for her dreams, and this hard work made her a success in the design world. She went to school at RISD, then the Kansas City Art Institute, and finally the Basel School of Design in Switzerland. She learned about New Wave design, which greatly influenced her work by playing with the weight, space, size and angle of typography, which gave dimension to her designs. She later taught at Cal Arts and now owns her own design business.

 

Milton Glaser

Glaser when to an art high school and college and then studied in Italy on a Fulbright scholarship afterwards. He created Push Pin Studios with three other designer friends in 1954 and was President for 20 years. In 1968 he founded New York Magazine, which became a model for many magazines. In 1974 he founded his own business, Milton Glaser Inc., and then in 1983 he also founded WBMG studio. In the 50s, his work was direct, simple and original; in the 60s it was characterized by contour lines and flat shapes; in the 80s and 90s he explored illusion and dimension.

 

Seymour Chwast

Chwast enjoyed using illustration, woodcuts, design and speedball pen and ink. He was a part of the Push Pin Studio and helped create the Push Pin Almanac. He was responsible for many poster designs, which were his favorite thing to design because he liked the explore the interaction between type and image. He also wrote and illustrated a number of children’s books.