Category: Essays

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Steven Heller|Essays

The Times. A Comic Strip. A Pulitzer Prize.

It is not every day that a comic strip wins the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning—come to think of it, there’s never been one.

Steven Heller|Essays

Living In History

If we care about design history, we should embrace the ghosts that live in and around all of us.

Jessica Barness|Essays

Dancin’ to a New Tune: The Subversive, Entrepreneurial Flexi Disc

The story of the flexi disc vinyl record is an intertwining of manufacturing, form, content, and publication.

Steven Heller|Essays

Second Rate Prime Time: TV News and Talk Show Sets

A brief look back at the evolving nightly news set.

Ken Gordon|Essays

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and the Future of Transportation: A Muggle’s View

Some thoughts on the evolving nature of travel.

James Cartwright|Essays

Can Demagogues be Designed out of Democracy?

Dutch transition designer Rudy van Belkom and Irish digital design agency FrontEnd are leading the charge to combat democratic dissatisfaction. Is it a pipe dream, or can we design a different way?

Steven Heller|Essays

Thanks, Robert Grossman

Bob’s death was unexpected. I felt kicked in the stomach when, on Friday morning, I read an email from his companion, Elaine Louie, announcing the tragic news.

Steven Heller|Essays

A Day Trip Into Darkness

It is 3:13 on Monday morning in Krakow, Poland. It is dark out. I cannot sleep.

Cheryl Heller|Essays

Social Design Helped Women Win Equality in Iceland. And So?

Forty-three years ago, Icelandic women used social design principles to implement "The Long Friday" strike for gender equity. As Cheryl Heller explains, the past has never felt more present.

Steven Heller|Essays

Fear Of Phallus

In my case, on average of twice a week, editors accused me of allowing one or more illustrators to include an unacceptable banana, kidney, or lozenge shape — and I’m talking about a plain old curvilinear-tipped graphic …