Weekend Heller: MoMA Acquires Typographic Op-Eds
MoMA New York has acquired eight of The New York Times Op-Ed pages designed and art directed by Mirko Ilic created from 1992 to 1993 for...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 23, 2018
- 1 min
Uniformly Awful Uniforms
Sports uniforms have long been ugly. That so many people like to wear the jerseys and hats of their favorite teams has little to do with...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 22, 2018
- 1 min
Setting Iran Aflame
Boxed matches did not set Iran ablaze when in January 1978 the revolution lit the way for the end of the Pahlavi (Shah of Iran) dynasty,...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 21, 2018
- 2 min
W.A. Dwiggins Design Daddy
I’ve had the good fortune to be part of the W.A. Dwiggins circle for more than three decades. And I’m privileged to have authored a...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 20, 2018
- 1 min
Selected Writing In Tongues
Siglio Press gets my vote for publishing the best books combining avant garde art with graphic design and typography. Last year I gave a...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
Constructing Art From Books
Poul Lange, a collagist, has designed book jackets for more than three decades now (see poullange.com), and it is still one of his...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 17, 2018
- 2 min
Weekend Heller: Lithuania’s New National Font
100 years ago yesterday, on February 16, the small Baltic nation Lithuania restored its independence. The Act of Reinstating Independence...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 16, 2018
- 3 min
When Type Was Dry
Those of a certain age. My age and a few before and a bunch after were devotees of dry transfer lettering/type as well as benday,...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 15, 2018
- 1 min
Crossing MAD Avenue
MAD magazine was founded in 1952 by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, first launched as a comic book and then after...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 14, 2018
- 1 min
God On Whose Side?
English cartoonist/illustrator Arthur Wragg (1903–1976) (featured last week) produced books on Christian Socialist themes mainly between...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 13, 2018
- 1 min
Oaxaca’s Modern Posadas
José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) was a Mexican engraver and printmaker known for his satirical and politically stinging calaveras....
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Steven Heller
- Feb 12, 2018
- 4 min
A Typographic Detective Tale
Marcel’s Letters by Carolyn Porter (Sky Horse Publishing, 2017) is part-memoir and part-detective tale about the creation of a type font...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 10, 2018
- 1 min
Weekend Heller: Those Posters!
These days when we think Russia, we think election tampering, Putin authoritarianism and the future of peace and well-being. As a respite...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 9, 2018
- 3 min
A Legacy of Resistance and Dissent
Signs of Resistance: A Visual History of Protest in America (Artisan Books) by Bonnie Siegler is inspiring celebration of the right to...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 8, 2018
- 2 min
Arthur Wragg: London’s Lynd Ward
Arthur Wragg (1903-1976) was an artist, illustrator and social commentator using Christianity as his lens. In the 30s he conceived and...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 7, 2018
- 1 min
Kinetic Snail Mail
What does it take for me—or anyone who commissions or buys design and illustration—to actually open a physical snail mail envelope these...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 6, 2018
- 1 min
Packaging Japanese Style
The Japanese have long been masters of packaging design and production. Remember the influential book How To Wrap 5 Eggs? These package...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 6, 2018
- 1 min
Weekend Heller: Print Goes Unprint
As many already know, Print is ceasing its printed magazine and retaining an online presence. Once there were many graphic design and...
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Steven Heller
- Feb 5, 2018
- 4 min
Brain Change
Laura Crawford was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Laura and I share the disease, but not the same symptoms or emotional responses....
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Steven Heller
- Feb 3, 2018
- 2 min
Weekend Heller: The End Or A New Beginning?
What will happen if the stable environment that has supported the aspirations of preceding generations over the last 10,000 plus years...
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