Steven Heller, Master.
I really like Steve Heller. He’s been really nice to me, but much more importantly he’s a true inspiration to thousands of people. World class Pentagram designer Paula Scher says “Steven Heller has been graphic design’s biggest fan,” and as usual Paula’s got it right. Aside from a 40+ year career as an awesome art director himself (he would inaccurately and self deprecatingly tell you that he didn’t have the talent, couldn’t teach gym, so he became an art director), and the co-chair of SVA’s graduate program in graphic design, he’s the author of more books about graphic design than anyone in history, over 100 at last count.
His home away from home, New York’s School of Visual Arts, hosted the opening of his Masters Series Exhibition last night. I was honored to be there.
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