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Steven Heller

Steven Heller is the co-chair of the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts and co-founder of the MFA Design Criticism program. More

Steven Heller is the co-chair of the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts and co-founder of the MFA Design Criticism program. He writes the "Visuals" column for The New York Times Book Review, "Graphic Content" for T-Style's "The Moment" blog, and The Daily Heller for Print magazine. He is the author or editor of over 140 books on design and popular visual culture.
Does a Bicycle Book's iPad App Show the Future of Publishing?

Does a Bicycle Book's iPad App Show the Future of Publishing?

The dazzling 'Cyclepedia' app shows the digital potential for visual books.… More »

How One Kitchen Table in Brooklyn Became a School for Coders

How One Kitchen Table in Brooklyn Became a School for Coders

At the studio of Amit Pitaru and David Nolen, small groups get together every week to discuss and study a new subject.… More »

The First Graphic-Design Text Book, Updated for the New Design World

The First Graphic-Design Text Book, Updated for the New Design World

As the profession moves into a new era, its premier reference adapts.… More »

Fantastical Fake Machines, Rendered With a Historian's Eye for Detail

Fantastical Fake Machines, Rendered With a Historian's Eye for Detail

'Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention' tells of steampunk adventures using faux-documentary imagery.… More »

Creating New Nostalgic Packaging by Reusing Old Label Designs

Creating New Nostalgic Packaging by Reusing Old Label Designs

A designer and bath products maker team up use vintage consumer art to sell new items.… More »

How AIDS Was Branded: Looking Back at ACT UP Design

How AIDS Was Branded: Looking Back at ACT UP Design

A conversation with a member of the "propaganda wing" of the early AIDS-awareness movement… More »

The Revenge of the Paperback Book

The Revenge of the Paperback Book

A new book series attempts to revitalize the printed word with innovative design.… More »

A Real Book Made of 101 Fake Books

A Real Book Made of 101 Fake Books

What happens when a novelist composes a novel about a novelist's many novels?… More »

Bill Griffith: The Man Who Made Zippy a Pinhead

Bill Griffith: The Man Who Made Zippy a Pinhead

Talking with the 'Zippy' creator about the 42-year-old comic character featured in a new anthology… More »

In Britain, a Massive 'Carpet' of Words

In Britain, a Massive 'Carpet' of Words

Creating the second wonder of the typographic world, in Blackpool, was no easy feat… More »

From Mobil to Chase Bank, 6 Iconic Logos and How They Came to Be

From Mobil to Chase Bank, 6 Iconic Logos and How They Came to Be

The three principals at legendary design firm Chermayeff & Geismar talk about their favorite creations and what makes them so significant… More »

Designs for Women: GirlApproved Adds Balance to a Man-Made World

Designs for Women: GirlApproved Adds Balance to a Man-Made World

Heidi Dangelmaier's firm was built with the help of high school girls, and it has already attracted clients like Playtex, Unilever, and Rubbermaid… More »

Peter Sis Tackles the Adult Picture Book in 'Conference of the Birds'

Peter Sis Tackles the Adult Picture Book in 'Conference of the Birds'

The MacArthur Fellow and Newberry Medal winner wrote dozens of kid's books with his own children in mind -- but now they've left the nest… More »

Khoi Vinh's Mixel, an Art-Making Tool and New Social Network

Khoi Vinh's Mixel, an Art-Making Tool and New Social Network

With Mixel, the former design director of New York Times Digital is convinced that he has an app that can attract millions of amateur artists… More »

Maira Kalman on What It Was Like Illustrating Pollan's 'Food Rules'

Maira Kalman on What It Was Like Illustrating Pollan's 'Food Rules'

Given that Kalman is the Michael Pollan of the visual world, it is fitting and proper that the two teamed up on this deliciously colorful edition… More »

A Graphic Identity Made of and for SALT, the New Cultural Institution

A Graphic Identity Made of and for SALT, the New Cultural Institution

SALT's flexible identity system is not simply mutation for its own sake. It is change with the intention of creating an awareness about design.… More »

Roger Law's Odyssey: From Satire on TV to China's Porcelain City

Roger Law's Odyssey: From Satire on TV to China's Porcelain City

After fourteen years of roasting everyone from Princess Diana to Margaret Thatcher on his TV show, Law gave it all up to throw clay… More »

Paula Scher Makes Enormous Maps That Are Only Sort of Right

Paula Scher Makes Enormous Maps That Are Only Sort of Right

A partner in the design firm Pentagram, Scher started painting maps because it forces her to have patience, a trait she lacks in daily life… More »

Testing a Tattly: Temporary Tattoos Created by Professional Designers

Testing a Tattly: Temporary Tattoos Created by Professional Designers

Horrified by her young daughter's clip-art temporaries, Tina Roth Eisenberg, the designer known as Swiss Miss, created some of her own… More »

The Outrage of a Comic Master: Edward Sorel's Subversive Career

The Outrage of a Comic Master: Edward Sorel's Subversive Career

The School of Visual Arts honors Sorel this month with a 'Masters Series' exhibition of his illustrations for many of the major magazines… More »

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