Senior Art Director, New York Times
Consulting Editor: VOICE: The AIGA Online Journal of Graphic Design (http://journal.aiga.org/)
Contributing editor: Print, Eye, ID, Baseline
Contributing writer: Metropolis, Grafik, Step
Education: New York University
School of Visual Arts
Books authored, edited, or co-authored:
Over 100 books on graphic design, illustration and political art,
including "Paul Rand;" "Merz to Emigre and Beyond: Avant
Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century;" "Design Literacy:
Understanding Graphic Design;" "Handwritten: Expressive Lettering
in the Digital Age;" "The Education of a Typographer,"
"Graphic Design History;" "Graphic Style: From Victorian
to Postmodern;" "Typology: Type Design from Victorian to Postmodern;"
"The Education of A Graphic Designer;" "Italian Art Deco:
Graphic Design Between the Wars;" "Faces on the Edge:
Type in the Digital Age;" "The Swastika: A Symbol Beyond Redemption?;"
"French Modern: Art Deco Graphic Design;" "Euro Deco;""Cuba
Style;" "Times Square Style;" "The Savage Mirror:
The Art of Contemporary Caricature;" "Texts on Type;" "Graphic
Humor: The Art of Graphic Wit;"
"Citizen Designer;" "Seymour Chwast: The Left Handed Designer;"
"Innovators of American Illustration", "Art Against War", "The Push Pin Graphic: Twenty Five Years of Design and Illustration", "Stylepedia: Mannerisms Quirks and Conceits in Graphic Design", "The Education of a Photographer", "Anatomy of Design: Uncovering the Influences and Inspiration in Modern Graphic Design", "The Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design Into Goods That Sell".
Curatorial works include:
"Simplicissimus, Germany’s Most Influential Satire Magazine;"
"Political Art, Ten Years of Graphic Commentary," AIGA; "L’Assiette
au Beurre;" "The Art of Satire;" "Typographic Treasures,
The Work of W.A. Dwiggins."
Awards and honors include:
Three National Endowment for the Arts Design Arts fellowships; 1998 Special
Educators Award, Art Directors Club; 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement;
1999 Hershel Levit Award, Pratt Institute; 2000 Outstanding Client Award,
Graphic Artists Guild
Links:
Steven Heller Bio Page at Allworth
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AIGA:
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So What Do You Do, Steven Heller?
Taxi Design Network: Design Superstars
AIGA Philadelphia: Dissecting Designers
Television interview about typeface design
Steven Heller Profile
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The Masters Series: Award and retrospective exhibition