For 33 years Steven Heller has been an art director of the New York Times. He began in 1974 as art director of the OpEd Page. In 1977 he became art director of the Book Review. In 1980 he was made a senior art director.
In addition he writes obituaries of designers and illustrators, reviews of visual books for the Book Review and the Children’s Book sections, and his writings on popular visual culture have appeared in The Week in Review, Arts & Leisure, and Weekend sections. A complete listing of of Steven Heller’s articles for the New York Times can be viewed here.
NEW YORK TIMES VISUALS COLUMNS
- Old School
May 29, 2015 - Perfect Harmony
December 5, 2014 - Art and Outrage
October 24, 2014 - Paper Goods Visuals, September 20, 2013.
- Hidden in Plain Sight Visuals, May 31, 2013.
- Punk’d Visuals, April 5, 2013.
- Yesterday’s Tomorrows Visuals, December 7, 2012.
- Down to the Letters Visuals, October 19, 2012.
- Clint Eastwood Posters, Bob Dylan Paintings, and More Visuals, June 1, 2012.
- Pattern Recognition
Visuals, February 24, 2012. - Holiday Books
Visuals, December 2, 2011. - The Design of Symbols
Sunday Book Review, October 21, 2011. - Sunday Book Review
Visuals, June 8, 2011. - Irreverence You Can Almost Touch
Visuals, February 18, 2011. - Visual Books
Visuals, December 3, 2010. - Silent Pictures
Visuals, October 8, 2010. - The Message Is the Message
Visuals, May 27, 2010. - The World as Their Canvas
Visuals, March 5, 2010. - The Art of the Word
Visuals, December 2, 2009. - The Revelotuion Will Be Illustrated
Visuals, September 18, 2009. - The Art of Rebellion
Visuals, August 6, 2009. - Cover to Cover
Visuals, May 31, 2009. - Signs and Portents
Visuals, April 2, 2009. - Other Worlds
Visuals, December 5, 2008. - Designed to Sell
Visuals, October 24, 2008. - The Artist at War
Visuals, July 27, 2008. - Visuals
Visuals, June 1, 2008. - Political Persuasion
Visuals, April 20, 2008. - Pretty Ugly
Visuals, February 24, 2008. - Holiday Books
Visuals, December 2, 2007. - Words Into Type
Visuals, September 9, 2007. - Summer Reading
Visuals, June 3, 2007. - Instant Messages
Visuals, April 8, 2007.
ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Campaign Stops Blog
February 2008 to Current - Times Style Graphic Content
A Link to All Existing Posts
OBITUARIES WRITTEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Tony Palladino Designer of ’Psycho’ Lettering, Dies at 84. Pub. May 20, 2014
- Jean-Claude Suares, 71, a Daring Times Op-Ed Artist. Pub. August 5, 2013
- Ronald Searle, Slyly Caustic Cartoonist, Dies at 91. Pub. January 3, 2012
- Simms Taback, Author of Wry Children’s Books, Dies at 79. Pub. December 31, 2011.
- Dugald Stermer, Illustrator and Ramparts Art Director, Dies at 74. Pub. December 7, 2011.
- Alex Steinweiss, Originator of Artistic Album Covers, Dies at 94. Pub. July 19, 2011.
- Joseph Selame, Designer of Corporate Logos, Dies at 86, Dies. Pub. April 20, 2011.
- Doyald Young, 84, Designer of Typefaces, Dies. Pub. March 6, 2011.
- Bob Noorda, Dies at 82; Designer took Modernism Underground. Pub. Jan 23, 2010.
- Don Ivan Punchatz, Fantasy Illustrator,Dies at 73. Published November 2, 2009.
- Bernie Fuchs, Illustrator for Magazines and Advertisements, Dies at 76. Pub. Sept. 21, 2009.
- Heinz Edelmann, ‘Yellow Submarine’ Artist, Dies at 75. Published July 22, 2009.
- Noel Martin, Inventive Catalog Designer, Dies at 86. Published February 27, 2009.
- Ben Blank, Innovator of Graphics for TV News, Dies at 87. Published February 18, 2009.
- Shigeo Fukuda, Graphic Designer, Dies at 76. Published January 19, 2009.
- Oliver Lincoln Lundquist, Designer, Is Dead at 92. Published January 3, 2009.
- Mildred Constantine, 95, MoMA Curator, Is Dead. Published December 14, 2008.
- Frank Cieciorka Designer for the Left, Is Dead at 69. Published November 27, 2008.
- Lou Dorfsman, Design Chief at CBS, Dies at 90. Published October 25, 2008.
- Douglas Morgan, a Collector of Typefaces, Dies at 75. Published December 24, 2007.
- Martin J. Weber, Innovator in Graphic Techniques, Dies at 102. Pub. June 16, 2007.
- Jay Kennedy, Editor and Scholar of Comic Strips, Dies at 50. Published March 19, 2007.
- Joseph Low, Illustrator of Children’s Books, Dies at 95. Published February 20, 2007.
- Edmund C. Arnold, Bold Newspaper Designer, Dies at 93. Published February 12, 2007
- George Sadek, 78, Graphic Design Educator, Dies. Published February 11, 2007
- Roy Kuhlman, Dies at 83; Designer for Grove Press February 5, 2007
- Alan Fletcher, 74, Designer Whose Work Enlivened Britain September 26, 2006
- Tom Suzuki, 76, a Designer Who Transformed Textbooks; September 12, 2006
- Burt Goldblatt, 82, Album Cover Designer; September 7, 2006
- Ed Thrasher, 74, Album Designer; August 24, 2006
- Walter Allner, 97, Noted Art Director of Fortune Magazine; July 24, 2006
- Ralph Ginzburg, 76, Dies; Publisher in Obscenity Case; July 7, 2006
- Richard Eckersley, 65, Graphic Designer, April 19, 2006
- Lou Myers, Cartoonist With a Satiric Style; November 21, 2005
- Phil Hays, Illustrator and Teacher; October 30, 2005
- Jean-Michel Folon, 71, Belgian Illustrator; October 22, 2005
- Henryk Tomaszewski, Leader of the Polish Poster School; September 14, 2005
- Bill Charmatz, 80, Illustrator Known for His Comical Touch; September 10, 2005
- Peter Bramley, 60, a Designer Of Early National Lampoon; May 5, 2005
- André François, 89, Illustrator With Biting Satire; April 15, 2005
- Peter Palazzo, 78; Art Director for Newspapers; February 27, 2005
- Henry Wolf, Graphic Designer And Photographer; February 16, 2005
- F. Darrin Perry, 39; Designed ESPN Magazine; December 12, 2004
- Gene Greif, 50, a Graphic Designer Of Record Covers With Retro Flair; November 27, 2004
- Thomas B. Allen, 76, Illustrator Of Album Covers; November 13, 2004
- Rob Roy Kelly, 78, Specialist in Wood Type; February 1, 2004
- Samuel N. Antupit, 71; Designed Magazines; April 9, 2003
- Philip B. Meggs, 60, Educator And Historian of Graphic Design; December 1, 2002
- Fred Troller, 71, Champion of Bold Graphic Style; October 24, 2002
- Jack Potter, 74, Illustrator Who Turned to Teaching; September 23, 2002
- Rudolph de Harak, 78, Artist And Environmental Designer; April 30, 2002
- Herbert Spencer, 77, Pioneer in Typography; March 17, 2002
- Ikko Tanaka, 71, Japanese Graphic Designer; January 24, 2002
- John W. Locke, 87, Agent for Edward Gorey and Other Artists; January 18, 2002
- Robert Miles Runyan, 76, Adroit Graphic Designer; August 4, 2001
- Fred Marcellino, 61, Designer Of Elegant Best-Seller Covers; July 15, 2001
- Miki Denhof, 88, an Innovative Art Director for Magazines; August 6, 2000
- Tony Arefin, 38, an Influential Ad Designer; May 27, 2000
- Leo Lionni, 89, Versatile Creator of Children’s Books; October 17, 1999
- Otto Storch, 86; Helped Transform Magazine Design in the 50s; October 11, 1999
- Gene Federico, 81, Graphic Designer; September 10, 1999
- P. Scott Makela, 39, Pioneering Graphic Designer; May 15, 1999
- Tibor Kalman, “Bad Boy’ of Graphic Design, 49; May 5, 1999
- Erik Nitsche, 90, Modernist Graphic Designer; November 29, 1998
- Julian Allen, 55, Illustrator; Worked for Many Periodicals; September 30, 1998
- James Flora, 84, Author and Album Cover Illustrator; July 18, 1998
- Alan E. Cober, 62, News and Book Illustrator; January 21, 1998
- Paul Rand, 82, Creator of Sleek Graphic Designs; November 28, 1996
- Ralph E. Shikes, 79; Publisher, Editor and Art Writer; April 1, 1992
OTHER NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLES
- A Makeover for the Starbucks Mermaid
Week in Review, Jan. 8, 2011. - Jonathan Safran Foer’s Book as Art Object
Paper Cuts: A Blog about Books, Nov. 24, 2010. - Forms and Functions
Sunday Book Review, August 20, 2010. - Dangerous Zeal
Sunday Book Review, June 10, 2010. - Anatomy of a Benjamin
Week in Review, April 23, 2010. - Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages
February 24, 2010 - Recalling the Craze for a Game of Chance
Arts Special, March 15, 2010. - Insight by a Thousand Strokes
Week in Review, January 1, 2010. - The Art of Sound
Sunday Book Review, November 6, 2009. - At the Invent-o-Drome
Sunday Book Review, November 7, 2008. - The Best Buttons of 2008
The Nation, November 1, 2008. - Cover Stories
Essay, August 10, 2008. - Al Gore’s New Logo
Week In Review, April 6, 2008.
