Steven Heller

We learn the history of the man behind the original 1977 "I ❤️ NY" logo.

Joanne B. Freeman on "Field Of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War." Rumsey Taylor & Steven Heller on an NY mystery font. Emma Whitford on sex workers' rights.

Last week close to a million New Yorkers received a special edition of the New York Post emblazoned with the giant headline: "We're Screwed!" Plausible as the headline seemed, the pap...

Our latest Please Explain is all about typefaces and typography. Typeface designer Jonathan Hoefler, type designer and president of Hoefler & Frere-Jones and Steven Heller, co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts and author of the VISUALS ...

Design guru Steven Heller explains how Father Christmas became branded as a jolly bearded old man in a red suit.

In Iron Fists: Branding the 20th-Century Totalitarian State, Steven Heller describes how four famous tyrannies (the Nazi party, Stalin, the Italian Fascists, and Mao's Communist Party) used architecture and design for propaganda and control.

Graphic designer Steven Heller tells the story of a seaside landmark known as the "Eiffel Tower of Coney Island."

Cartoon characters have helped sell burgers and fries for years. But for graphic designer Steven Heller, there’s one icon that stands above the rest. He’s a pudgy little boy with a pompadour, checkered overalls and a Double-Decker burger in his hand.

Lifelong baseball fan and graphic designer Steven Heller looks at the most American piece of headwear -- the baseball cap.

Graphic designer Steven Heller tells the story of a seaside landmark known as the "Eiffel Tower of Coney Island."

Graphic designer Steven Heller tells the story of a seaside landmark known as the "Eiffel Tower of Coney Island."

Graphic designer Steve Heller looks at protest posters from Vietnam to Iraq.

Graphic designer Steven Heller looks at the one piece of clothing that has become part of everyone’s standard uniform — the T-shirt.

When the players at the All Star Game in Seattle take the field on Tuesday night each, of course, will be wearing a cap, which lifelong baseball fan and graphic designer, Steven Heller, says is the most American piece of headwear.

Graphic designer Steven Heller explains how these tiny, utilitarian stickers became miniature displays of popular culture.

Graphic designer Steven Heller looks at an ancient token of good fortune that was transformed into the emblem of Nazi Germany. 

Graphic Designer Steven Heller gives insight on the street sign no one can ignore.