A collection of podcasts of Steven Heller’s lectures from the School of Visual Arts and other talks to watch and listen to. Here you can also find links to interviews with Steve on Kurt Andersen’s radio program, Studio 360°.
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PAUL RAND LECTURE SERIES PRESENTED AT THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS
Paul Rand Lecture Series Part 2: View the newly updated Paul Rand Lecture Series presented at the School of Visual Arts.
Listen to various lectures given on the history of graphic design by Steven Heller at the School of Visual Arts as part of the MFA Designer as Author program.
INTERVIEWS WITH STEVEN HELLER
- The People Podcast
June, 2014 - Al Goldstein: Screw, Midnight Blue, and Fuck You
February, 2014 - Image of the Studio Exhibition Interview
October 1, 2013 - Steven Heller on Recommendations
September 24, 2013 - Steven Heller’s presentation from the DESIGN-ED Future 2013 Conference in Philadelphia.
June 28-29, 2013 - The Cave
August 27, 2013 - Steven Heller discusses the work of Alex Steinweiss, hailed as the inventor of the modern album cover, who died recently at the age of 94.
August 17, 2011 - Remembering The Man Who Revolutionized Album Covers
July 21, 2011 - Totalitarian design
July 20, 2011 - Art Uncovered
July 19, 2011 - POSTCARDS by Julie van den Hout/MFA D-CRIT Radio Podcast Class. 2010
December 20, 2010 - Steven Heller discusses Branding and Totalitarianism with Open Mind host Richard D. Heffner
October 20, 2010 - Steven Heller discusses the “Where’s My Vote?” Exhivition
September 9, 2010 - Daily Motion Interview
September 3, 2010 - Graphic Design Worlds Interview with Steven Heller
June 2010 - Etapes Interview at 2010 OFFF Fesitval
June 2010 - How AIGA defines design excellence
May 2010 - Podcast Episode Escape from Illustration Island
March 9, 2010 - Steven Heller on Design Chat
February 28, 2010 - Steven Heller on Designing for Obama
October 18, 2009 - Steven Heller on The Take Away.
September 23, 2009 - Steven Heller and Jonathan Hoefler are interviewed on the The Leonard Lopate Show.
- Big Boy, Steven Heller on Design for the Studio 360’s Design for the Real World.
- Shrinking Album Cover Art, Steven Heller on NPR. April 7, 2009
- Steven Heller interviewed for Design Smoke, a presentation by Spunk Design Machine
- Steven Heller interviewed for Design Smoke, a presentation by Spunk Design Machine
- Jian Ghomeshi of CBC Radio interviews Steven Heller about Iron Fits: Branding the 20th-Century Tolatarian State
- Steven Heller is interviewed by WNPRs Faith Middleton on the meaning of style and his most recent book with Louise Fili, Stylepedia.
- Design and Architecture (DNA) Interview with KcRw. Steven Heller talks about artful coffee table books. Hosted by Frances Anderton
New York Times Podcasts
- Book Review Podcast: 10 Best Books of 2012
- Book Review Podcast: Susan Orlean’s ’Rin Tin Tin’
- Op Ed at 40: Four Decades of Art
- Inside the NY Times Book Review with Sam Tanennhaus talks with Steven Heller about 2 new design booksAlexander Calder, the Paris Years 1926-1933and George Lois: On Creating the Big Idea
- Steven Heller on the design and theatrics behind the political conventions for Back Story
- Inside the NY Times Book Review with Sam Tanennhaus talks with Steven Heller about Iron Fits: Branding the 20th-Century Tolatarian State
- Interview on NY1’s Inside the New York Times with Sam Roberts on Iron Fits: Branding the 20th-Century Tolatarian State
- NY Times Interview on Al Goldstein November 19, 2006
Philoctetes Center Podcasts
- Helvetica: Typography and LiteracyParticipants:Christopher Calderhead, Arem Duplessis, Steven Heller (moderator), Elinor Aishah Holland, Gary Hustwit, Elaine Lustig Cohen
- The Design of Influence: How Images and Words Sway MindsParticipants:Steve Brodner, Steven Heller (moderator), Paul Starr, Jason Young
- The Mind of the CollectorParticipants: Steven Heller, Leah Dilworth (moderator), Eric Edelman, Dorothy Globus, Bill Scanga, and Tyler Volk
OTHER LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
- WNET Ralph Walker Treasures of New YorkOctober 29, 2014
- Reclaiming the SwastikaOctober 24, 2014
- The Future of PublishingJanuary 11, 2014
- Ladislav SutnarJanuary 1, 2014
- Steven Heller and Lita Talarico on Listen CloseJanuary 9, 2013
- ABC RadioMay 13, 2012
- Monocle Interview on Stop, Think, Go, Do!May 13, 2012
- Steven Heller at the 2010 OFFF Festival (International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture) Paris. June 24, 2010
- Steven Heller at the 2010 OFFF Festival (International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture) Paris. June 24, 2010
- Steven Heller at the 2010 Sarasota International Design Summit Ringling College. February 5, 2010
- Steven Heller at Typo Berlin 2008. Link provides 6 videos. January 1, 2010
- Steven Heller at the 2009 Gel Conference
- Steven Heller Interviews Seymour ChwastJune 16, 2009
- Steven Heller at the 2009 Gel Conference
- O Say Can You See Who put the O in the Obama Campaign: Contemporary political graphic design. Fabrica Presentation May 25, 2009
- Jack Davis Lecture 2008, Presented by the University of Georgia School of Art.
- Steven Heller Interviews Paul Rand.Filmed at the Fitzgerald Theater (formerly known as The World Theater) in downtown St Paul, Minnesota, 1994. Presented by the AIGA, organized by John DuFresne and Sharon Werner.
- Steven Heller discusses the evolution of digital design and the challenges facing both those building Web-based businesses and those charged with designing them
- Annette Hager of WDR 3 in Germany talks about Steven Heller’ book Iron Fists(In German)
- Typo Berlin 2008 Video Blog Steven Heller shows how the language of branding and the art of image making conspired to produce four of the most indelible disctoatorial regimes of the twentieth century. May 29, 2008
- Be A Design Cast 50th Anniversary : Steven Heller by Nate Voss
- Designism 2.0: Design for Social Change, an Event in 3 Parts See:Talk:Act, took place on December 13, 2007
- Steven Heller presents the work of Alex Steinweiss and the history of album cover art at TypoBerlin 2007.
- SVA Masters Series honoring the work of Jules Feiffer
- Just Enough is More. A short film about the designer Milton Glaser
- Steven Heller Podcast from Art Basel with WPS1 Art Radio
- Designism: Design for Social Change
ICON5 PODCASTS
CORE 77 PODCASTS
- A sampling from the Q and A session at Core77's Offsite Event: Design, Wit, and the Creative Act.
- Steven Heller at the Art Directors Club in New York City for Core77's Offsite Event: Design, Wit, and the Creative Act.
- Steven Heller interviews Paul Budnitz of Kidrobot.
- Steven Heller interviews Brad Holland on the topic of intellectual property.
- Steven Heller interviews Ed Schlossberg of ESI Design.
- Steven Heller interviews Mitch Nash Creative Director of Blue Q.
- Steven Heller interviews Maira Kalman and talks about her Suitcase Project at SVA.
- Frank Luca of the Wolfsonian, interviewed by Steven Heller
STUDIO 360° RADIO BROADCASTS
In Studio 360 Kurt Andersen—novelist, journalist, and co-founder of legendary Spy magazine—is our guide to what’s happening in the culture.
Click Here for a listing of radio broadcasts with Steve Heller. Please note, these archives are available to be streamed in Real Player (click to download) format. The free version is all you need.
FAITH MIDDLETON SHOW (WNPR)
The Faith Middleton Show For more than 25 years, the two-time Peabody Award-winning Faith Middleton Show has been widely recognized for fostering insightful, thought-provoking conversation. Faith Middleton offers her listeners some of the world’s most fascinating people and subjects. Lori Mack and Cameron Henning are producers of the show, which has been inducted into the Connecticut Magazine Hall of Fame as “Best Local Talk Show”.
- Faith Middleton Show: What Was, Is, and Will Be Popular — September 17, 2013
- Faith Middleton Show: And a safari to Rome to see all that ancient design has in common with our own. — June 25, 2012
- Faith Middleton Show: Computer Typefaces — April 15, 2012
- Faith Middleton Show: New Art Online — December 6, 2011
- Faith Middleton Show: Gift Giving, The Lost Art Of Album Covers, And Framing Works Of Art — November 21, 2011 (Heller segment at 35:05)
- Managing Your Money With Robert Kreitler, Art Critic Steve Heller, And Keeping Secrets With Bruce Clements — November 7, 2011
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DESIGN MATTERS WITH DEBBIE MILLMAN
Design Matters with Debbie Millman is an opinionated and provocative internet talk radio show. The show combines a stimulating point of view about graphic design, branding and cultural anthropology. In a business world dependent on change, design is one of the few differentiators left.
- An Interview with Debbie Millman about 100 Classic Graphic Design Journals, May 12, 2014
- An Interview with Debbie Millman, March 8, 2013
- Steven Heller and Lita Talarico talk about The Design Entrepreneur-February 6, 2009
- Interview with Steven Heller, May 4, 2007
- Interview with Steven Heller & Veronique Vienne, April 7, 2006
- Interview with Steven Heller, March 18, 2005