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Self-iconization by Steven Heller

  • Kathryn Turner
  • Mar. 31, 2009
  • 12:02 PM

Design Entrepeneur: Steven Heller

Steven Heller has been an art director and writer at the New York Times for over thirty years. He founded the M.F.A. “Designer as Author” program at the School of Visual Arts. He has also written or edited more than 100 books, including Iron Fists: Branding the 20-Century Totalitarian State and The Design Entrepreneur. On January 21st, Heller kicked off the RDA Exposing Graphic Design speaker series to a packed audience. Below you can watch the complete video of his presentation.

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True heart-shaped paperweight.

Pound of Flesh Paperweight by Walteria Living, found at Kuhl-Linscomb.

  • Miah Arnold and Kathryn Fosdick
  • Feb. 4, 2009
  • 3:31 AM

Will You Design My Valentine? Great Gift Ideas for Your Love Bun

Get this: nobody knows which of three martyred St. Valentines we revere on February 14th – the priest from Rome, the Bishop of Terni, or the man of unknown rank martyred in Tunisia. But the darkest secret behind this celebration honoring the unique spirits of the ones you love? The Church can’t even recall the gifts of supreme sacrifice these poor Valentines offered up to achieve their holy statures.

But you, my dear sirs and madams, are expected to forge on ahead. To out Valentine the saints and deliver up gifts that are thoughtful and romantic. The kind memorable enough to remain rippling in the recesses of their recipients’ memories forever. Or at least until next year.

Oh, don’t worry: we’ll help you avoid the obscurity of being yet another person unable to deliver something with pizzazz on this special day with a few traditionally inspired, yet 21st century gift ideas designed to keep the love alive year round…

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