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Co-Chairs

STEVEN HELLER


Occupation

Senior Art Director, New York Times 1974-2007 Visuals Columnist, The New York Times Book Review

Education

New York University, School of Visual Arts

Honors and Awards

Three National Endowment for the Arts Design Arts fellowships, 1998 Special Educators Award, Art Directors Club;, 1999 Hershel Levit Award, Pratt Institute, 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement; , 2000 Outstanding Client Award, Graphic Artists Guild; , 2011 Smithsonian National Design Award for “Design Mind”

Publications

Over 200 books on graphic design, illustration and political art, including Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State; 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; Iron Fists: Branding the Twentieth Century Totalitarian State; The Moderns: Midcentury Graphic Design; For The Love Of Design; Growing Up Underground: A Memoir of Counterculture New York.

LITA TALARICO


Education

BA, SUNY Empire State College; MFA School of Visual Arts.

Professional Experience

Co-founder and co-chair Masters Workshop in Design History, Theory and Practice in Italy. Founding Managing Editor, American Illustration & Photography; reporter-at-large, Italian Design, Graphis; professional advisor US Port of Entry at Massena Design Charrette; architect selection consultant: Cleveland Museum of Art, National World War II Memorial Design Competition, Pritzker Architecture Prize annual jury meeting; project director Whitehall Ferry Terminal Design Competition; project coordinator, Italian Manifesto Conference, International design Conference in Aspen; conference co-chair, Designer as Author:Entrepreneurism in the Digital Age Conference.

Honors and Awards

Visiting Scholar American Academy in Rome 2008 & 2010

Publications

Co-author Typography Sketchbooks, Design School Confidential, Deisgn Firms Open for Business. Graphic: Inside the sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers, Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design into Goods that Sell, Design Career: Practical Knowledge for Begining Illustrators and Graphic Designers

STEVEN HELLER

Occupation

Senior Art Director, New York Times 1974-2007 Visuals Columnist, The New York Times Book Review

Education

New York University, School of Visual Arts

Honors and Awards

Three National Endowment for the Arts Design Arts fellowships, 1998 Special Educators Award, Art Directors Club;, 1999 Hershel Levit Award, Pratt Institute, 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement; , 2000 Outstanding Client Award, Graphic Artists Guild; , 2011 Smithsonian National Design Award for “Design Mind”

Publications

Over 200 books on graphic design, illustration and political art, including Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State; 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; Iron Fists: Branding the Twentieth Century Totalitarian State; The Moderns: Midcentury Graphic Design; For The Love Of Design; Growing Up Underground: A Memoir of Counterculture New York.

LITA TALARICO

Education

BA, SUNY Empire State College; MFA School of Visual Arts.

Professional Experience

Co-founder and co-chair Masters Workshop in Design History, Theory and Practice in Italy. Founding Managing Editor, American Illustration & Photography; reporter-at-large, Italian Design, Graphis; professional advisor US Port of Entry at Massena Design Charrette; architect selection consultant: Cleveland Museum of Art, National World War II Memorial Design Competition, Pritzker Architecture Prize annual jury meeting; project director Whitehall Ferry Terminal Design Competition; project coordinator, Italian Manifesto Conference, International design Conference in Aspen; conference co-chair, Designer as Author:Entrepreneurism in the Digital Age Conference.

Honors and Awards

Visiting Scholar American Academy in Rome 2008 & 2010

Publications

Co-author Typography Sketchbooks, Design School Confidential, Deisgn Firms Open for Business. Graphic: Inside the sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers, Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design into Goods that Sell, Design Career: Practical Knowledge for Begining Illustrators and Graphic Designers

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