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Steven Heller
- Feb 1, 2018
- 3 min
Peter de Sève’s Treasure Trove
An inspiring new exhibit titled “Under the Influence; The Private Collection of Peter de Sève” is currently on view at the Society of...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 31, 2018
- 2 min
Orange Is The New Black and Blue
Last week, the creative agency Wieden+Kennedy announced its latest gallery collaboration, with renowned Cuban-American artist Edel...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 30, 2018
- 3 min
Nightmares In The Daytime
As though to underscore the criticism of Poland’s new restrictive and hypocritical Holocaust Blame Bill, The emotionally charged animated...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 29, 2018
- 2 min
When France Fought the Viet Minh
Before the U.S. was entangled in a tragic war aimed at preventing the dominoes from falling in Vietnam, the French fought the Viet Minh...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 27, 2018
- 1 min
Weekend Heller: Davis’ Che 50 Years Young
One of the most controversial subway posters to hang in NYC was an advertisement for Evergreen Review. It was a famously searing portrait...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 26, 2018
- 1 min
Art Trumps Ban
“Before We Were Banned” is a group exhibition curated by Brooklyn‑based Iranian duo Kiana Pirouz and SVA MFA Design “Venture” student...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 25, 2018
- 1 min
When The Old Was New(s)
Dozens of trade magazines were published before, during and after the turn-of-the-century in the U.S. Representing the Arts & Crafts,...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 24, 2018
- 2 min
Lid Chic
I imagine we all have our favorite takeout coffee cup lids. Once, one size fit all and looked a lot like the cardboard variety used on...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 23, 2018
- 4 min
Cuba-Viet Nam Exhibition: Art Solidarity Across Oceans
From time to time, The Daily Heller shares this space with an interesting article by a guest contributing writer. I have long admired...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 22, 2018
- 1 min
The Seal of Good Graphics
Good Housekeeping, one of the so-called seven sisters of women’s magazines, was founded on May 2, 1885 by Clark W. Bryan. It was a...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 20, 2018
- 1 min
Weekend Heller: Swarte Takes Back His City
You’ll all recall that New York City was originally a colony of New Netherland that was established by the Dutch West India Company in...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 19, 2018
- 1 min
Wrappers With A Peel
The Victoria & Albert, one of the world’s great museums for all kinds of popular culture, published in 1985 Orange and Lemons: Fruit...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 18, 2018
- 1 min
Steel Yourself For Girder
Memphis was sold in the U.S. through Melbert Cary, Jr’s Continental Typefounders Association under the name Girder. According to type...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 17, 2018
- 1 min
John Heartfield, Art Director
The Malik-Verlag was the left-wing publishing house in Berlin founded by John Heartfield and his brother Wieland Herzfeld. During its...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 16, 2018
- 1 min
Cochin: A Type Name To Remember
One of the more elegant French typefaces ever designed, Les Cochins, was produced in 1912 by Georges Peignot for the Paris foundry G....
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Steven Heller
- Jan 15, 2018
- 1 min
The Three Stooges On Client Relationships
The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly, Curly Joe and Shemp) were not the brightest lights in the design thinking chandelier (they couldn’t...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 13, 2018
- 1 min
Weekend Heller: A Sobering Job
Ever wonder what goes into all those luscious mixed drinks that were so popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s? Mildred Sophie Porter...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 12, 2018
- 1 min
Angry Lines
Pictured below is a special edition of De Groene Amsterdammer, designed by Jan van Keulen and signed by artist Leen (LJ) Jordaan. De...
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Steven Heller
- Jan 11, 2018
- 2 min
Decency Goes To The Dogs
The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, or SINA, was a satire on propriety initiated by comedian and prankster Alan Abel from 1959 to...
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