Steven Heller

Giuseppe Castellano talks to author, former New York Times art director of the Op-Ed page and Book Review, and co-chair of the SVA MFA Designer as Entrepreneur program, Steven Heller.

Steven talks about the early years of his career at the New York Times, and why the word “legacy” is on his mind; what he was looking for in an illustrator’s portfolio—beyond their ability to draw and paint; why he wrote more than seventy obituaries for illustrators, and why he stopped; and more.

This was recorded in Steven and Louise Fili’s Manhattan home (with a surprise appearance by Louise).

To learn more about Steven, visit hellerbooks.com.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Roz Chast, Seymour Chwast, Milton Glaser, Marshall Arisman, Harvey Kurtzman, Tom Wolfe, Ed Koren, Peter Sís, Brad Holland, Henrik Drescher, Sue Coe, Frances Jetter, Barbara Nessim, Bascove, Steven Guarnaccia, Jules Feiffer, Ronald Searle, Bernie Fuchs, James Flora, Alan Cober, Leo Lionni, Tibor Kalman, Edward Gorey, Saul Steinberg, Maurice Sendak, Philip Guston, Guy Billout, and Christoph Niemann

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