Steven Heller

The Fair promised to restore trust in American capitalism after the violent plunge of 1929. A response to the Great Depression. A corporate-sponsored, designer-conceived revision of a world that was shaken by an economic catastrophe that took a human toll on lives and livelihoods.

Father’s Day is less about obligatory sentiment (like a ubiquitous “Best Dad Ever” mug) and more of an opportunity to say something deep and meaningful.

Instead of whipping out my smartphone on the subway to pass idle time looking at Reels and Stories, I choose instead this delightful book.

He preferred instead to create a fresh idea designed specifically for the poster.

To him, the poster was a happy medium for injecting his personal handlettering and typography.

The first lunar fly-around mission in more than 50 years has given me the same feeling of excitement and hope I had when the Mercury program sent single-manned capsules into space for the first time ever.

This NASA swag is not a monument to design but it is a record of when heroics were valued and leaders were respected because they were heroes.

You’ve heard the prediction that “print is dead” for too many decades.

These days, AI is being discussed as the latest murderer of it all.

What makes mini-food so appetizing is not simply the incredible craftsperson’s attention to perfect detail—though that’s a much appreciated touch.