Steven Heller
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Steven Heller|Essays
Designer as Author
In 1954, Alvin Lustig gave a lecture titled “What Is a Designer?” at the Advertising Typographers Association of America. It was his first speech after he lost his eyesight.
Steven Heller|Essays
Miss Branding: A Cautionary Tale
The 1957 film Blood of Dracula: A cautionary parable about the diabolical power of advertising and branding.
Steven Heller|Essays
Heller on Heller
Vignelli Celebration: Steven Heller talks about the redemptive qualities of having the same name as Vignelli's Hellerware.
Steven Heller|Essays
Vignelli’s Herald (or Heralding Vignelli)
Vignelli Celebration: Steven Heller remembers the Herald.
Steven Heller|Slideshows
Do You Copy? The Visuals of Ham Radio
The QSL card offered proof, among ham radio operators, that contact had been made. The design of these cards was not an indication of good or bad, of sophisticated or naĂŻve thinking, but was crafted from what was available at the time. …
Steven Heller|Slideshows
Fascist Seduction
A visit to Mussolini’s Esposizione Universale Roma makes evident that one can be fervently anti-fascist and still admire — indeed savor — aesthetics for their own merits.
Steven Heller|Reviews
Home Is the Sailor, Home from the Sea
In 1943, Margaret Wise Brown, the children’s book author signed a contract with Harper & Brothers to publish The Fathers Are Coming Home.
Steven Heller|Essays
Becoming a Designer in the Age of Aquarius
On rereading S. Neil Fujita’s 1968 job manual, Aim for a Job in Graphic Design/Art.
Steven Heller|My First Job
Child Labor
Second in our series "My First Job" is Steven Heller with a story of child labor.
Steven Heller|Books
The Bauhaus is Forever
You can never have too much Bauhaus.
Steven Heller|Gallery
Lettering Large
An excerpt and gallery from Steven Heller and Mirko Ilić's new book: Lettering Large: Art and Design of Monumental Typography.
Steven Heller|Essays
The Unsmiley Face
Every absolute ruler, monarch, prime minister or president is entitled to an official portrait.