Steven Heller

Steven Heller|Essays

Closing New York’s Penal Colony

How design is playing an integral role in the campaign to close Rikers Island.

Steven Heller|Books

The Faithful Spy

Creating a children’s book about a member of the Nazi resistance.

Steven Heller|Essays

Swastika v. Hammer and Sickle: An Odd Logo Competition

Why is one the symbol of hate while the other is virtually benign?

Steven Heller|Essays

Notgeld: Emergency Money in Inflationary Germany

A look at the exemplary artistic quality of emergency substitute paper money created in Germany after WWI.

Steven Heller|Essays

Paul Rand’s Monkey Modernism

Paul Rand kept a file folder of sketches in his desk with the title “Monkeys and Elephants”. Why?

Steven Heller|Opinions

The Plastic Wars

Thoughts on the plastic wars from Steven Heller.

Steven Heller|Essays

Benjamin Sherbow: The First Typographer?

Steven Heller brings us the story of Benjamin Sherbow, who revolutionized typography in the early 20th century.

Steven Heller|Essays

Everything Goes With Everything...

A document summing up Eliot Noyes design philosophy: found in Paul Rand’s papers.

Steven Heller|Essays

Creative Action Network: Profiting From A Nonprofit

CAN’s mission is putting artists to work telling stories that matter.

Steven Heller|Essays

Initial Caps: The Birth of Illustrated Typography

The “clip art” of Medieval manuscripts.

Steven Heller|Essays

Vanishing Mom and Pop Store Signs

It is, of course, inevitable that modernity subsumes the old. But for a New York minute, we can still enjoy these disappearing store fronts.

Steven Heller|Essays

Here Comes The Judge

A brief history of Supreme Court robe design.