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Steven Heller
Author · 81 books
Steven Heller writes a monthly column on graphic design books for The New York Times Book Review and is co-chair of MFA Design at the School of Visual Arts. He has written more than 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 Second Edition, Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age, Graphic Design History, Citizen Designer, Seymour Chwast: The Left Handed Designer, The Push Pin Graphic: Twenty Five Years of Design and Illustration, Stylepedia: A Guide to Graphic Design Mannerisms, Quirks, and Conceits, The Anatomy of Design: Uncovering the Influences and Inspirations in Modern Graphic Design. He edits VOICE: The AIGA Online Journal of Graphic Design, and writes for Baseline, Design Observer, Eye, Grafik, I.D., Metropolis, Print, and Step. Steven is the recipient of the Art Directors Club Special Educators Award, the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and the School of Visual Arts' Masters Series Award.

Series

Books

Typography Sketchbooks book cover

Typography Sketchbooks

2011

I Heart Design book cover

I Heart Design

Remarkable Graphic Design Selected by Designers, Illustrators, and Critics

2011

Becoming a Graphic and Digital Designer book cover

Becoming a Graphic and Digital Designer

A Guide to Careers in Design

2015

The Graphic Design Idea Book book cover

The Graphic Design Idea Book

Inspiration from 50 Masters

2016

Artists' Christmas Cards book cover

Artists' Christmas Cards

1979

Shop America book cover

Shop America

Mid-Century Storefront Design, 1938-1950

2007

Becoming a Digital Designer book cover

Becoming a Digital Designer

A Guide to Careers in Web, Video, Broadcast, Game and Animation Design

2007

Teaching Graphic Design History book cover

Teaching Graphic Design History

2019

Citizen Designer book cover

Citizen Designer

Perspectives on Design Responsibility

2003

The Swastika book cover

The Swastika

Symbol Beyond Redemption?

2000

Design Humor book cover

Design Humor

The Art of Graphic Wit

2002

Jackets Required book cover

Jackets Required

1995

Infographics Designers Sketchbooks book cover

Infographics Designers Sketchbooks

2014

Free Hand book cover

Free Hand

New Typography Sketchbooks

2018

Deco Type book cover

Deco Type

Stylish Alphabets from the '20s and '30s

1997

Design Connoisseur book cover

Design Connoisseur

An Eclectic Collection of Imagery and Type

2000

Slab Serif Type book cover

Slab Serif Type

A Century of Bold Letterforms

2016

Stylepedia book cover

Stylepedia

A Guide to Graphic Design Mannerisms, Quirks, and Conceits

2006

Handwritten book cover

Handwritten

Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age

2004

The Illustration Idea Book book cover

The Illustration Idea Book

Inspiration from 50 Masters

2018

All American Ads of the 80's book cover

All American Ads of the 80's

2005

Graphic Style Lab book cover

Graphic Style Lab

Develop Your Own Style with 50 Hands-On Exercises

2015

Star Wars Art book cover

Star Wars Art

Illustration

2012

The Design Entrepreneur book cover

The Design Entrepreneur

Turning Graphic Design Into Goods That Sell

2008

Design Dialogues book cover

Design Dialogues

1998

Streamline book cover

Streamline

1995

The Moderns book cover

The Moderns

Midcentury American Graphic Design

2017

Graphic Style book cover

Graphic Style

From Victorian to Digital

1988

Halloween book cover

Halloween

Vintage Holiday Graphics

2005

Iron Fists book cover

Iron Fists

Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State

2008

German Modern book cover

German Modern

Graphic Design from Wilhelm to Weimar

1998

Growing Up Underground book cover

Growing Up Underground

A Memoir of Counterculture New York

2022

The Education of a Typographer book cover

The Education of a Typographer

2004

British Modern book cover

British Modern

Graphic Design between the Wars

1998

The Anatomy of Design book cover

The Anatomy of Design

2007

New Vintage Type book cover

New Vintage Type

2007

Sex Appeal book cover

Sex Appeal

The Art of Allure in Graphic and Advertising Design

2000

Writing and Research for Graphic Designers book cover

Writing and Research for Graphic Designers

A Designer's Manual to Strategic Communication and Presentation

2013

Illustration book cover

Illustration

A Visual History

2008

The Education of an Illustrator book cover

The Education of an Illustrator

2000

Design Disasters book cover

Design Disasters

Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned

2008

Type Tells Tales book cover

Type Tells Tales

2017

Graphic Design Time Line book cover

Graphic Design Time Line

A Century of Design Milestones

2000

Less Is More book cover

Less Is More

New Simplicity In Graphic Design

1999

Nigel Holmes On Information Design book cover

Nigel Holmes On Information Design

2006

Shadow Type book cover

Shadow Type

Classic Three-Dimensional Lettering

2013

Art Direction Explained, At Last! book cover

Art Direction Explained, At Last!

2009

Teaching Illustration book cover

Teaching Illustration

Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs

2006

The Typography Idea Book book cover

The Typography Idea Book

Inspiration from 50 Masters

2012

Vintage Type and Graphics book cover

Vintage Type and Graphics

An Eclectic Collection of Typography, Ornament, Letterheads, and Trademarks from 1896 to 1936

2011

All-American Ads of the 70s book cover

All-American Ads of the 70s

2004

Becoming a Graphic Designer book cover

Becoming a Graphic Designer

A Guide to Careers in Design

1998

Teaching Motion Design book cover

Teaching Motion Design

Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Undergraduate and Graduate

2008

Typographic Universe book cover

Typographic Universe

2014

New Ornamental Type book cover

New Ornamental Type

2010

Design Literacy book cover

Design Literacy

Understanding Graphic Design

1997

Type Speaks book cover

Type Speaks

A Lexicon of Expressive, Emotional, and Symbolic Typefaces

2021

Scripts book cover

Scripts

Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age

2011

All American Ads of the 20's book cover

All American Ads of the 20's

2004

Hell book cover

Hell

The People and Places

2023

Business of Illustration book cover

Business of Illustration

1995

Graphic book cover

Graphic

Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers

2010

POP book cover

POP

How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture

2010

The Swastika and Symbols of Hate book cover

The Swastika and Symbols of Hate

Extremist Iconography Today

2019

The Education of a Graphic Designer book cover

The Education of a Graphic Designer

1998

Graphic Design Rants and Raves book cover

Graphic Design Rants and Raves

Bon Mots on Persuasion, Entertainment, Education, Culture, and Practice

2017

Genius Moves book cover

Genius Moves

2001

Red Scared! The Commie Menace in Propaganda and Popular Culture book cover

Red Scared! The Commie Menace in Propaganda and Popular Culture

2001

New Modernist Type book cover

New Modernist Type

2012

French Modern book cover

French Modern

Art Deco Graphic Design

1996

Typology book cover

Typology

Type Design from the Victorian Era to the Digital Age

1999

Stencil Type book cover

Stencil Type

2015

Teaching Graphic Design book cover

Teaching Graphic Design

Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs

2003

The Graphic Design Reader book cover

The Graphic Design Reader

2002

Euro Deco book cover

Euro Deco

Graphic Design Between the Wars

1993

Paul Rand book cover

Paul Rand

1999

Dutch Moderne book cover

Dutch Moderne

Graphic Design from De Stijl to Deco

1994

100 Illustrators, 2 Vol. book cover

100 Illustrators, 2 Vol.

2013

Design School Confidential book cover

Design School Confidential

Extraordinary Class Projects From the International Design Schools, Colleges, and Institutes

2009

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design book cover

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design

2012

The Education of an Art Director book cover

The Education of an Art Director

2005

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