Steven Heller

Steven Heller|Interviews

Movie Props: Ready for Their Close Up

Derrick Kardos may have one of the best jobs in graphic design.

Steven Heller|Books

Don Wall: Brave New Book Design

Steven Heller talks to architect Don Wall about his radical book from 1971: Visionary Cities: the Arcology of Paolo Soleri.

Steven Heller|Reviews

The Rolling Thunder Revue Unreview

Steven Heller on the power artists and designers have to move us.

Steven Heller|Essays

Ferro’s Letters

An unpublished book of lettering from the great Pablo Ferro.

Steven Heller|Interviews

Dan Fern Sees The Horizon

Steven Heller talks to illustrator, educator, and artist Dan Fern about his paintings and collages and the ways by which he weds the fine and applied arts.

Steven Heller|Essays

Emil Pirchan and the Golden Age of German Posters

A brief look at the life and prodigious career of designer Emil Pirchan

Steven Heller|Interviews

Behind the History of Illustration

The History of Illustration by Susan Doyle, Jaleen Grove, and Whitney Sherman is an ambitious, 592 page volume that covers the field of illustration on all continents, technology in all its forms, and conceptual and representational …

Steven Heller|Essays

Commencement Redux

On the off-chance that a college or university might invite me to take part in their graduation festivities, each spring I write a commencement speech.

Steven Heller|Essays

Watch Out What You Day-Dream For

"I used to day dream a lot about inventing things that were never realized, like an interactive television where you could stick your hand through the top of the set and move the characters around or remove them at will."

Steven Heller|Opinions

To Free or Not to Free

Are there limits to free speech?

Steven Heller|Essays

Hudson Yards Lays an Egg

On Thomas Heatherwick’s much anticipated giant honeycomb, 150 foot-tall “Vessel” structure, the centerpiece of the Hudson Yards outdoor plaza, bathed in reflective copper-steel, comprised of 154 staircases and 80 …

Steven Heller|Opinions

Ralph Nader: Design Critic

“In today’s print news, legible print is on a collision course with flights of fancy by graphic artists,” Ralph Nadar’s blistering attack begins.