Steven Heller

Steven Heller|Essays

The D Word: Henrik Drescher

What are the acceptable limits of outsider art?

Steven Heller|Essays

The D Word: Makeshift

Music of the Street

Steven Heller|Essays

The D Word: Yomar Augusto

The virtues of ugly design

Steven Heller|Essays

How You Can Tell If You Are An Old Fogey Designer

Ten questions to determine your level of old fogey-hood.

Steven Heller|Essays

Victims of the Image: Ignobility for the Noble Savage

Native Americans have endured a long legacy of distorted images.

Steven Heller|Reviews

Reinventing The Holocaust Narrative

Steven Heller on Marina Willer’s new documentary, Red Trees.

Steven Heller|Essays

Image Captures: Change the Canon

“The challenge was to balance the known while capturing the unknown.” Steven Heller on finding new artifacts on which design can evolve.

Steven Heller|Essays

New Age Propaganda: The Trailer

Rather than psychological warfare, call this ideological “peacefare.”

Steven Heller|Essays

Anti-War Comics Were No Laughing Matter

The genre of “pro-war” or at least war-themed comics has long dominated the comic book field, but a new book from Craig Yoe reveals that there was an element of dissent in the comics world.

Steven Heller|Essays

The Americanization of 20s New Typography; Or the Soft Sell of the Avant Garde

Die Neue Typographie (The New Typography), the early 20th century revolution in graphic design, is being re-evaluated this year in light of the Bauhaus centenary.

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

You Can’t Spell Italy Without Design

Steven Heller outlines his favorite places in Italy, ones every designer should see.