Steven Heller, former art director of the New York Times
Book Review, is the co-chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA
Design / Designer as Author + Entrepreneur Program. He is the
author, coauthor, and editor of more than 180 books on graphic
design, illustration, and political art, including over thirty
published by Allworth Press and fifteen titles coauthored with
Louise Fili. He writes the Daily Heller for Print magazine and
contributes to Design Observer, Eye, Wired, the New York Times, and
the Atlantic. He is the recipient of two honorary doctorates, the
AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and the Smithsonian National
Design Award for "Design Mind." He lives in New York City.
Louise Fili is director of Louise Fili Ltd, a New York-based
studio specializing in brand development for food packaging and
restaurants, as well as typeface design. Fili was art director for
eleven years at Pantheon Books, where she designed close to two
thousand book jackets. In addition to her books with Steven Heller,
she has also written and designed Elegantissima, a best-selling
monograph of her work, as well as Grafica della Strada, Graphique
de la Rue, Grfica de les Rambles, The Cognoscenti's Guide to
Florence, and Italianissimo. A member of the Art Directors Hall of
Fame, she has also received the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement
and the Type Directors Club Medal of Excellence. She has designed
several fonts, which include Mardell, Montecatini, and Marseille.
She lives in New York City.
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