Steven Heller reveals his new Graphic Style Lab.
Design Books
The Art of the Simon and Kirby Studio
With The Art of the Simon and Kirby Studio with an Introduction by Mark Evanier and an Afterword by Jim Simon, learn more about Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, the duo who invented noteworthy characters like Captain America and Sandman, conceived the idea of romance comics, and created a new standard for the genres...
Video Packaging Meets the Criterion of Highest Quality
The bold new Criterion Designs coffee table-sized hardcover includes video packaging designs that are a joy to behold. Michael Dooley explores.
7 Outstanding Comics and Cartoon Books of 2014
From Puck to Perfect Nonsense, Michael Dooley identifies seven notable comics, graphic novel and cartoons, all published in 2014.
Weekend Heller: Graphic Standards Celebrated
The lads at Unit Editions have done it again: The second volume of corporate identity standards manuals is ready to be scarfed up by the design world.
Andy Warhol’s Magazine Career, from Raggedy to Riches
Andy Warhol's journey from a struggling, unkempt graphic artist to an internationally renowned visual artist began in the magazine world.
Wood Never Looked So Good
Steven Heller chats with Sandro Berra about Tipoteca Italiana and the new book "Alphabets of Wood: Luigi Melchiori & the History of Italian Wood Type."
Some of the Most Beautiful Jackets in the World, Part 2
Steven Heller talks with Parisa Tashakori, who helped coordinate Vitrine: A Collection of Essays on the History of Book Cover Design in Iran.
Some of the Most Beautiful Jackets in the World, Part 1
Iranian posters in Farsi are among the most beautiful posters I've ever seen. Now that accolade applies to Iran's book covers and jackets, too.
When Euro Modernist Design Met American Chewing Gum
Michael Dooley discusses the work of Dorothy and Otis Shepard, two pioneers of American Modernist design.