Co-Chairs
Steven Heller
Senior Art Director,
New York Times 1974-2007
Visuals Columnist,
The New York Times Book Review
Editor:
VOICE: The AIGA Online Journal of Graphic Design
Contributing editor:
Print, Eye, ID, Baseline
Contributing writer:
Metropolis, Grafik, Step
Education:
New York University,
School of Visual Arts
Books authored, edited, or co-authored:
Over 100 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.
Curatorial works include:
Simplicissimus, Germany’s Most Influential Satire Magazine;
Political Art, Ten Years of Graphic Commentary, AIGA;
L’Assiette au Beurre;
The Art of Satire;
Typographic Treasures, The Work of W.A. Dwiggins.
Awards and honors include:
Three National Endowment for the Arts Design Arts fellowships; 1998 Special
Educators Award, Art Directors Club; 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement;
1999 Hershel Levit Award, Pratt Institute; 2000 Outstanding Client Award,
Graphic Artists Guild; 2006 Richard Gangel Art Direction Award, Society of Illustrators
Links:
HellerBooks.com
Steven Heller News
Steven Heller at GEL 2009
Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State
Fabrica lecture
Counter
Culture
Cuba Style
AIGA: Steven Heller by Paula Scher
So What Do You Do, Steven Heller?
Taxi Design Network: Design Superstars
AIGA Philadelphia: Dissecting Designers
Television interview about typeface design
Steven Heller Profile
The Masters Series: Award and retrospective exhibition
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Lita Talarico
Education:
BA, SUNY, Empire State College; MFA, School of Visual Arts
Publications include:
Co-Author, Design Career: A Practical Guide for Beginning Illustrators
and Graphic Designers; co-editor, Graphis Publication Design;
associate editor, Art Against War, New York Observed. Formerly,
reporter-at-large, Italian Design Graphis; founding managing editor,
American Illustration & Photography; co-author, The Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design Into Goods That Sell
Professional experience:
Professional advisor, Massena Border Station Design Charrette. architect
selection consultant: Cleveland Museum of Art, National World War II Memorial
Design Competition; project director, Whitehall Ferry Terminal Design
Competition, Pritzker Architecture Prize Annual Jury Meeting; International
Design Conference in Aspen; project coordinator, Italian Manifesto Conference;
co-chair, Designer as Author: Entrepreneurism in the Digital Age Conference
Professional affiliations:
Advisory board member, Adobe Partners by Design; Art Table, AIGA
Links:
The Designer As Author and Entrepreneur lecture at Fabrica