Steven Heller

Steven Heller is the author/editor of more than 180 books on design, illustration, and popular culture. He is the recipient of the Smithsonian National Design Award for Design Mind. He lives in New York City.

Steven Heller's Titles

Type Speaks A Lexicon of Expressive, Emotional, and Symbolic Typefaces

Type Speaks

From award-winning design experts Steven Heller and Gail Anderson, an essential resource to using contemporary typefaces for effective communication....


Decoding Manhattan Island of Diagrams, Maps, and Graphics

Decoding Manhattan

Designer Antonis Antoniou and award-winning author Steven Heller's Decoding Manhattan reveal the mysteries and folkways of New York City in an...


Free Hand: New Typography Sketchbooks

Free Hand: New Typography Sketchbooks

In Free Hand: New Typography Sketchbooks, Steven Heller, respected graphic-design commentator, and Lita Talarico, design educator, offer glimpses...


Watercolor Workshop Learn to Paint in 100 Experiments

Watercolor Workshop

Learn to paint gorgeous contemporary art by practicing watercolor technique directly in this instructional sketchbook. Through 100 different...


Moderns Midcentury American Graphic Design

The Moderns

In The Moderns, we meet the men and women who invented and shaped Midcentury Modern graphic design in America. The book is made up of generously...


Things I have learned in my life so far, Updated Edition

Things I have learned in my life so far, Updated Edition

In 2006, Stefan Sagmeister published Things I have learned in my life so far, a book born from a running list he keeps in his diary. With the...


Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work

Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work

 

The preeminent children’s book artist of the twentieth century, Maurice Sendak and his sixty-year career are celebrated in this full-color...


Star Wars Art: Illustration (Star Wars Art Series)

Star Wars Art: Illustration (Star Wars Art Series)

The third book in the series curated by George Lucas, Star Wars Art:Illustration collects the best of the art from the products that expanded...


Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am

Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am

Sara Fanelli’s extraordinary new creation is a book unlike any other. Known for her often imitated, never duplicated experimental techniques,...