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.
The Artist Who Inspired Maurice Sendak Finally Gets His Due

The Artist Who Inspired Maurice Sendak Finally Gets His Due

Tomi Ungerer got famous from his children's books in the '60s—but then fell into scandal. More »

Great Jewish Wisdom, Rendered by Great Jewish Artists

Great Jewish Wisdom, Rendered by Great Jewish Artists

Designers team up to put a Semitic spin on an old ad campaign. More »

Writing Is Design, Too

Writing Is Design, Too

A talk with Alice Twemlow, co-founder of the MFA Design Criticism program at the School of Visual Arts. More »

The 20th Century Was for Kids

The 20th Century Was for Kids

A new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art shows how things made for children shape culture—for better and worse. More »

'WET': Of Course There Was a 'Gourmet Bathing' Magazine in the '70s

'WET': Of Course There Was a 'Gourmet Bathing' Magazine in the '70s

A new book revives the avant-garde arts publication that influenced a generation of designers. More »

The Sober Aesthetics of Pot Shops

The Sober Aesthetics of Pot Shops

A new book documents what L.A.'s dispensary scene looks like. More »

The Gutsy Scribbling of R.O. Blechman

The Gutsy Scribbling of R.O. Blechman

The influential cartoonist is finally getting his much-deserved due. More »

Why Should Books Still Be Books When They're on Tablets?

Why Should Books Still Be Books When They're on Tablets?

One company's new app distills the big ideas in works of non-fiction into a set of shareable "cards." More »

CreativeMornings: a Monthly Campfire for Designers

CreativeMornings: a Monthly Campfire for Designers

The a.m. speaker series has expanded to 29 cities. Now, it aims for thematic unity. More »

Giving 'Great Expectations' a Redesign ... 70 Times

Giving 'Great Expectations' a Redesign ... 70 Times

A far-flung team reimagines the first page of Dickens's epic novel--and ends up with some strange results. More »

An Ambitious Project to Turn the Literary Canon Into Comics

An Ambitious Project to Turn the Literary Canon Into Comics

From Shakespeare to Milton to Nabokov, the world's most enduring books are being tackled by famed graphic novelists in a three-volume set. More »

Yayoi Kusama: The Polka-Dot-Loving Art Legend I Initially Mistook for Crazy

Yayoi Kusama: The Polka-Dot-Loving Art Legend I Initially Mistook for Crazy

A documentary in the works looks to capture the incredible career of an 83-year-old Japanese eccentric. More »

Giving a School a Makeover? Let Kids Pick the Color Palette

Giving a School a Makeover? Let Kids Pick the Color Palette

Hues influence moods, so one group is empowering students to influence their surroundings. More »

A Design Challenge: What if Nixon, Lincoln, or Bush Were Running Again?

A Design Challenge: What if Nixon, Lincoln, or Bush Were Running Again?

An exhibit on display in New York shows MFA students reinterpreting past presidents' tenures for the present. More »

The Quest to Ask Better Questions

The Quest to Ask Better Questions

Warren Berger's next book will look to improve the very act of asking. More »

The Secret History of Secret Societies

The Secret History of Secret Societies

The book 'Ritual America' catalogues the quirks and artifacts of Freemasons, Elks, and their ilk. More »

Dan Clowes, Author of 'Ghost World,' Has One Rule for Writing Dialogue

Dan Clowes, Author of 'Ghost World,' Has One Rule for Writing Dialogue

A conversation with the influential cartoonist about his new, career-spanning anthology More »

The Object Poster, the Visual Pun, and 3 Other Ideas That Changed Design

The Object Poster, the Visual Pun, and 3 Other Ideas That Changed Design

Five innovations that transformed our visual language. More »

America's Most Legendary Designer Distills His Wisdom Into a Slim Book

America's Most Legendary Designer Distills His Wisdom Into a Slim Book

Milton Glaser's 'In Search of the Miraculous or One Thing Leads to Another' shows what he's learned in his decades-long career. More »

Two Twins, One Design Career

Two Twins, One Design Career

Identical illustrators Anna and Elena Balbusso are winning praise by working together. More »

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