A graduate of the Cooper Union, Michael has run his own design studio for many years—first in his native New York City, and currently in Hollywood. His unique typographic vision blends elements of lettering, illustration and graphic design. The inspiration for his work came primarily from his early years growing up near the bright lights, signage and brilliant colors of Brooklyn's Coney Island, and later in life from early and mid-20th century ephemera and various other artifacts of this great land of ours. Over the years Michael has exhibited work in all the major industry shows and annuals: Society of Illustrators, AIGA, Type Directors Club, the CA Annual and Art Annual, Graphis, Print and American Corporate Identity. Among the projects he is most proud of he lists the six covers he executed for Time Magazine (the artwork of two of which have been included in the permanent collection of The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC), the logos he designed for the New York Knicks and the Graphic Artists Guild, the Federal Eagle postage he designed for the United States Postal Service and the 3D "Bedlam Ballroom" CD package project for the "Squirrel Nut Zippers" which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Recording Package at the 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards