Mirko Ilic was born in Bosnia.
In Europe, he drew comics, illustrations, and art-directed posters, books, and record covers. In 1991 he became he became the art director of Time Magazine International Edition. In 1992 he became art director of the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times. In 1995 he established his firm Mirko Ilic Corp. His company designs for a wide range of clients, from pro bono organizations to high luxury hospitality clients.
His work is in collections of institutions such as the Smithsonian Museum, MoMA San Francisco, and MoMA New York.
Co-author of the book The Design of Dissent with Milton Glaser.
He is a co-author of 11 books with Steven Heller.
He also organizes and curates shows and lectures around the world.
The most known of them is the Tolerance Poster Show which appeared more than 167 times in over 47 countries around the world.
He taught advanced design classes at Cooper Union with Milton Glaser and at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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