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Weekend Heller: MoMA Acquires Typographic Op-Eds

Steven Heller

Feb 24, 2018
1 min

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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Weekend Heller: Lithuania’s New National Font

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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Weekend Heller: The End Or A New Beginning?

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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Design News & Insight by Steven Heller

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Weekend Heller: MoMA Acquires Typographic Op-Eds

Uniformly Awful Uniforms

Setting Iran Aflame

W.A. Dwiggins Design Daddy

Selected Writing In Tongues

Constructing Art From Books

Weekend Heller: Lithuania’s New National Font

When Type Was Dry

Crossing MAD Avenue

God On Whose Side?

Oaxaca’s Modern Posadas

A Typographic Detective Tale

Weekend Heller: Those Posters!

A Legacy of Resistance and Dissent

Arthur Wragg: London’s Lynd Ward

Kinetic Snail Mail

Packaging Japanese Style

Weekend Heller: Print Goes Unprint

Brain Change

Weekend Heller: The End Or A New Beginning?

The method is still the same: appeal to weakness, bolster myth, and massage fantasy.- Steven Heller

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Design News & Insight by Steven Heller

WITH

ABOUT

About Steven Heller

About Daily Heller

FOLLOW

Weekend Heller: MoMA Acquires Typographic Op-Eds

Uniformly Awful Uniforms

Setting Iran Aflame

W.A. Dwiggins Design Daddy

Selected Writing In Tongues

Constructing Art From Books

Weekend Heller: Lithuania’s New National Font

When Type Was Dry

Crossing MAD Avenue

God On Whose Side?

Oaxaca’s Modern Posadas

A Typographic Detective Tale

Weekend Heller: Those Posters!

A Legacy of Resistance and Dissent

Arthur Wragg: London’s Lynd Ward

Kinetic Snail Mail

Packaging Japanese Style

Weekend Heller: Print Goes Unprint

Brain Change

Weekend Heller: The End Or A New Beginning?

The method is still the same: appeal to weakness, bolster myth, and massage fantasy.- Steven Heller

This webpage was designed with Wix.​

This webpage was designed with Wix.