Steven Heller

Steven Heller|Books

The Bauhaus is Forever

You can never have too much Bauhaus.

Steven Heller|Essays

The Unsmiley Face

Every absolute ruler, monarch, prime minister or president is entitled to an official portrait.

Steven Heller|Books

The Motivational Industrial Complex

This publishing season I’ve found three motivational books, each on the benefits of creative activity that, despite the biases noted above, I would suggest you read, if only to be entertained.

Steven Heller|Essays

Snatching Satire From The Jaws Of Popular Culture

Caricature is Steve Brodner’s weapon of choice.

Steven Heller|Interviews

The Swiss Grid

In celebration of the new exhibit at the Poster House, “The Swiss Grid”, Steven Heller interviewed Allon Schoener, the curator of the first "Swiss Graphic Designer" exhibit in the US in 1958.

Steven Heller|Interviews

The Plot Against America: Prop Story Redux

If you watch the six part HBO adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel The Plot Against America, which premiered on March 16, please keep your eye on the props.

Steven Heller|Essays

The Pit That Won’t Go Away

Being cooped up inside for who knows how much longer exacerbates a recurring feeling of anxiety.

Steven Heller|Essays

Birthing Dataviz

Jason Forrest is amassing a curated archive of vintage data visualization books and artifacts, which he plans to make digitally available to the public.

Steven Heller|Essays

Command Records’ Design Distinction

Command Records covers are striking for the graphic and branding power of the abstract format.

Steven Heller|Essays

The Fountain of East Village Youth and Birthplace of the Egg Cream Is Gone

As a kid knowing I would be treated to an egg cream while waiting for a carton of hand-scooped coffee ice cream was all the encouragement I needed to trek all the way up to the Bronx on every third Sunday to visit my grandparents.

Steven Heller|Interviews

Guilt-Free Magazine

The internet is wonderful for certain things. The print-is-dead conversation is tedious. It’s all changing, inevitably, and magazine sales have dwindled but I don’t think that’s because the audience has disappeared, I …

Steven Heller|Essays

When Good Humor Ice Cream was Hot

The audio rebranding of Good Humor ice cream.