Steven Heller
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Steven Heller|Essays
Seymour Chwast: Few Words, Many Letters
Seymour Chwast, a man of few words, wishes there were more than 26 letters in the alphabet.
Steven Heller|Essays
Creative Director/Strategist Wanted for USofA
The United States of America more than once employed a creative director.
Steven Heller|Essays
You Can’t Spell Italy Without Design
Steven Heller outlines his favorite places in Italy, ones every designer should see.
Steven Heller|Essays
Harsh Words from T.M. Cleland
Design criticism may be comparatively new, but critical designers are not.
Steven Heller|Essays
Christmas Schmaltz
I adore Christmas schmaltz — the sounds, the smells, and the graphics. I don’t mind that the clichés of the season pop up earlier and earlier every year.
Steven Heller|Essays
Why Does John Baeder Paint Diners?
John Baeder's goal for the past three decades has been to record on canvas and paper just about every diner and roadside eatery.
Steven Heller|Essays
Ramparts: Agent of Change
Ramparts magazine has been dead for almost two decades, but to look back at it, it stands out as one to remember.
Steven Heller|Essays
People in Glass Apartments
People in glass apartments shouldn’t throw stones or other projectiles. Nor should they engage in private acts directly in front of their floor to ceiling windows.
Steven Heller|Essays
My First Taste of Political Satire
On the sad day that Ted Kennedy died I came across a tattered copy of MacBird, the 1966 play by Barbara Garson.
Steven Heller|Slideshows
Covering the Good Books
When reading was more fundamental than tweeting, Time Life Books played a significant role in getting the general public to acquire books on almost every subject.
Steven Heller|Essays
A Good Trademark: A Historical Perspective
Textile Brand Names Dictionary, included were more than 4,000 names of fibers, yarns, fabrics, and garments registered with the United States Patent Office between 1934 and 1947.
Steven Heller|Essays
When Satire Was More Than Funny
"L'Impudique Albion," caricature d'Edouard VII by Jean Veber, L'Assiette au Beurre, Septembre 1901At the turn of the century the French Republic was threatened by a military-church-aristocracy coalition and a huge bureaucratic …