Michael Barson, Author, Steven Heller, Author, Steven Heller, Joint Author Chronicle Books $18.95 (132p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2154-4
From pop culture aficionados Barson and Heller (Teenage Confidential) comes a cheeky look at marriage in the last century, for better or for worse. For the most part, they shy away from much of the recent past in favor of the visually rich and...
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Steven Heller, Author, Louise Fili, Author Chronicle Books $35 (500p) ISBN 978-0-8118-4532-8
One of the most beloved design styles of nostalgic collectors, Art Deco developed in France following World War I and quickly became popular around the world, proliferating in lively posters, typefaces and skyscraper designs. Borrowing from...
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Steven Heller, Author, Louise Fili, Author, Louise Fili, Joint Author Princeton Architectural Press $20 (256p) ISBN 978-1-56898-304-2
Tiny, glamorous, with cheekbones and lips to rival those of Hollywood sirens, miniature countertop mannequins graced stores from the 1920s to the 1960s. Eventually abandoned by retailers, these delicately detailed statuettes, now collectors'...
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Steven Heller, Author, Seymour Chwast, Author, Seymour Chwast, Photographer ABRAMS $49.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8109-1033-1
Presented in celebration of 150 years of design (beginning with the Victorian age and concluding with the Post-Modern), this chronologically compiled volume entertainingly documents the development of graphic art, an often undervalued cousin of the...
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Steven Heller and Gail Anderson. Yale Univ., $45 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-0-300-22679-9
Heller (former art director of the New York Times) and Anderson (former creative director at SpotCo, an ad agency known for poster designs for Broadway plays) explore the endless opportunities of graphic design in this rich study of typography. The...
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Ross MacDonald and Steven Heller. Princeton Architectural, $27.95 (144p) ISBN 978-1-64896-112-0
A veteran prop designer for film and TV brings his passion for his craft to this enlightening volume. As art director Heller relates in the foreword, MacDonald’s interest in visual design originated during his childhood when, during a bout of...
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