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Event Recap: Milton Glaser, To Inform and Delight

Milton and I had arranged a surprise for the debut of Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight. Zack Shubkagel had cooked up the idea. Zack planned to ask everyone in the theatre to turn off their cell phones before the movie began. Seconds later my cell was to ring and guess who was calling? Milton of course. The conversation would be put on a speaker and the audience would listen in on a conversation between Milton and me talking about the movie. Everything happen as planned except the call came minutes after the movie started.

The movie brought back so many memories of our almost 40 year friendship and reminded me of what a tremendous influence Milton has had on our profession. Our dear friend in the movie, Jivan Tabiban, had passed away 10 days earlier so seeing him on screen was bittersweet.

Milton will certainly be remembered as one of the most influential designers of the 2Oth century. I have had the extraordinary privilege of knowing him as a friend and mentor since the early 1970's.  Most of his friends would agree that beyond being a design legend Milton is one of the most generous, loyal and loving human beings. Milton supported me in my early career and because of his belief and encouragement, I had the courage to take a new path as a female designer. Milton's early mentoring as I began my career reminds me of the Robert Frost quote: "two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

>Ann Willoughby, President and CCO of Willoughby Design

Posted by Kansas in Event Recap  |  September 1, 2009