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Typology(1st Edition)
Type Design from the Victorian Era to the Digital Age
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 1999 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-2308-1, ISBN: 0-8118-2308-3

"A must-have for designers, not to mention that quirky group in love with type for type’s sake (you know who you are), Typology is the most visually dynamic compendium of typefaces on the market. Steven Heller and Louise Fili, two of the most admired and respected designers working today, cover everything from the classic elegance of the late 19th century to the fractured hypermedia of today. Organized by historical era and country of or ..."






Vintage Graphic Design
Type, Typography, Monograms & Decorative Design from the Late 19th & Early 20th Centuries
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2020 by Allworth
ISBN-13: 978-1-62153-708-3, ISBN: 1-62153-708-0

"A Revival and Celebration of the Golden Age of Typography Any type user and enthusiast will doubtless derive joy from the letters and ornaments in Vintage Graphic Design, gathered from the rare and forgotten sources that authors Steven Heller and Louise Fili have collected over the years. As type gourmets, Heller and Fili savor type in many forms—especially the aesthetically idiosyncratic and the printed artifacts of which historical or ..."






Shadow Type(1st Edition)
Classic Three-Dimensional Lettering
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29123-8, ISBN: 0-500-29123-3

"Bold, monumental, atmospheric, architectural letters with relief and shadow define great periods of confidence and optimism. Shadows add intrigue and spectacle to otherwise mundane words. And theyre back in style. Drawn from a particularly rich period in the history of shadow type, from the 19th to the mid-20th century, this is the first compilation of popular, rare and forgotten three-dimensional letters from Germany, France, Britain, ..."






Scripts(1st Edition)
Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29039-2, ISBN: 0-500-29039-3

"From wedding announcements to IOUs, there are hundreds perhaps thousands of scripts, some classic, others eccentric. Derived from handwriting, these are typefaces that are stylized to suggest, imply or symbolize certain traits linked to writing. Drawn from the Golden Age of scripts, from the 19th to the mid-20th century, this is the first compilation of popular, rare and forgotten scripts from Britain, Italy, France, Germany and the USA ..."






Scripts(1st Edition)
Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51568-6, ISBN: 0-500-51568-9

"Elegant, quirky, fluid, brutish, ostentatious— a visual resource of cursives and other typefaces that resemble handwriting.From wedding announcements to IOUs, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of scripts—some “classic,” others eccentric. Derived from handwriting, these are typefaces that are stylized to suggest, imply, or symbolize certain traits linked to writing. Their fundamental characteristic is that all the letters, mor ..."






Euro Deco
British Modern, French Modern, Spanish Art Deco, Dutch Modern, German Modern, Italian Art Deco
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 500 Pages, Published 2005 by Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51214-2, ISBN: 0-500-51214-0

"A wide-ranging compilation of Art Deco graphics from six European countries, Euro Deco assembles a wealth of alluring and sophisticated design from an extraordinary period of creative vitality and political turmoil. An essential reference for graphic artists, designers and anyone with an interest in advertising or art history, this book assembles a wealth of original artefacts from the 1920s to the 1940s, including samples of design and ..."






Counter Culture(1st Edition)
The Allure of Mini-Mannequins
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili, Tony Cenicola, Stephen Heller
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2002 by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-304-2, ISBN: 1-56898-304-2

"If sex sells, what better come-on for merchants of the repressed decades of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s than the come-hither wink of a coquettish countertop mannequin? In Counter Culture, Steven Heller and Louise Fili take us on a colorful peep show of these sexy, sometimes erotic, but always fetishistic, plaster bodies and body parts. Theirs is a surreal look at how mannequins play on consumers' desires, acting as agents of seduction, beck ..."






Deco Espana(1st Edition)
Graphic Design of the Twenties and Thirties
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1997 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-1217-7, ISBN: 0-8118-1217-0

"The latest volume in our popular Art Deco series, Deco Espana represents a rich and virtually unknown treasure of graphic design history, detailing the defining characteristics that distinguish the Mediterranean style Spanish Art Deco design from that of classic French Deco or streamlined American Deco design. From its appearance in the political posters of the Spanish Civil War to its use in advertising the post-war automobile and trav ..."






Streamline
American Art Deco
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili, James Howard Fraser
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1995 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-0662-6, ISBN: 0-8118-0662-6

"For graphic artists, industrial engineers, and anyone with an interest in the evolution of modern advertising icons, product packaging, and marketing principles, "Streamline: American Art Deco Graphic Design" offers a fascinating glimpse into a formative era of the American commercial arts."






Vintage Type and Graphics(1st Edition)
An Eclectic Collection of Typography, Ornament, Letterheads, and Trademarks from 1896 to 1936
by Steven Heller A., Louise Fili
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Allworth
ISBN-13: 978-1-58115-892-2, ISBN: 1-58115-892-0

""Type lovers and history buffs alike will enjoy this gallery of vintage typefaces, ornaments, letterheads and trademarks."—ID Magazine Exquisite graphic design artifacts comprise this unusual collection culled from the pages of type and typography books dating from 1896 to 1936. Design professionals, students and teachers of graphic design, and anyone with an interest in vintage design will be delighted to find rare, never-before ..."






British Modern(1st Edition)
Graphic Design between the Wars (Art Deco Design)
by Editor Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1998 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-1311-2, ISBN: 0-8118-1311-8

"If Britain surprises you as a source of graphic innovation, think of those posters from the 1920s and '30s promoting London's new subway system, The Underground--the bold red circle with the horizontal slash set in some futurist illustration of urbanity. It's true that England was slow to accept modernism as a vehicle for advertising British goods and industry. While France, Germany, and the U.S. were leaving decorative ornament behind ..."






Slab Serif Type(1st Edition)
A Century of Bold Letterforms
by Louise Fili, Steven Heller
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2016 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51849-6, ISBN: 0-500-51849-1

"A compact, yet comprehensive design resource, expertly selected by graphic design’s leading historiansThe slab serif typeface―in their classic form, wood types made for large-scale posters, ads, and newspapers―may not be as all-purpose as the gothic or sans serif, but it is equal, if not more powerful, in graphic appeal. Since being introduced in the nineteenth century, slabs have become ubiquitous and are today as popular as ever.Slabs ..."






Stencil Type(1st Edition)
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-24146-2, ISBN: 0-500-24146-5

"An invaluable collection of underappreciated stencil typography from prehistory through the twentieth century Designers often look to the past to inform their work. In Stencil Type, design gurus Steven Heller and Louise Fili explore the variety and influence of the world’s most ubiquitous typographic style, which dates to prehistoric times and has been used on a range of surfaces from street signs, buildings, and bridges to packaging an ..."






Shadow Type
Classic Three-Dimensional Lettering
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2014 by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61689-211-1, ISBN: 1-61689-211-0

"The first-ever compilation of shadow typefaces is now available in paperback. Letters with relief and shadow have long been an effective way to add spectacle or intrigue to otherwise mundane words. Shadow Type presents a broad spectrum of examples—advertising, shop signs, billboards, posters, type-specimen books— drawn from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, a particularly rich period in the history of shadow type. Compiled by ..."






Shadow Type(1st Edition)
Classic Three-Dimensional Lettering (Hardback)
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2013 by Thames And Hudson Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-51699-7, ISBN: 0-500-51699-5






Shadow Type
Classic Three-Dimensional Lettering
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 350 Pages, Published 2013 by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-61689-204-3, ISBN: 1-61689-204-8

"Designers often look to the past for ways to enliven their projects. Letters with relief and shadow have long been an effective way to add spectacle or intrigue to otherwise mundane words. Introduced in metal type as early as 1815, shadow typefaces were a form of early experimentation among type founders. In the late nineteenth century, the form was adopted in wood type for use in posters and has been embraced ever since by designers lo ..."






Design Connoisseur
An Eclectic Collection of Imagery and Type
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Allworth Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-58115-069-8, ISBN: 1-58115-069-5

"Exquisite graphic design artifacts make up this unusual collection culled from the pages of type and typography books spanning four vintage decades. Dating from 1900 to 1940, most of the rare type specimens, layouts, marks, and decorations from the period have never been reprinted before, and will serve as inspiration and resource for practicing design professionals, students, and teachers of graphic design. The rich quality of the blac ..."






Design Literacy(1st Edition)
(continued): Understanding Graphic Design
by Steven Heller, Stephen Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 1999 by Allworth Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-58115-035-3, ISBN: 1-58115-035-0

"A sequel to its popular forerunner, this edition casts the net even further in examining the reasons and history behind various objects of design that have had a significant impact on our culture. The objects discussed range from the vintage posters that promoted concerts and fairs during the 1930s to a Rolling Stones' CD cover from the 1990s. This volume also investigates larger movements and phenomena, including Norman Rockwell's affe ..."






British Modern
Graphic Design Between the Wars
by Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Paperback, Published 1998 by Diane Pub Co
ISBN-13: 978-0-7881-9850-2, ISBN: 0-7881-9850-5






Art Deco(1st Edition)
Address Book
by Chronicle Books Staff, Steven Heller, Louise Fili
Hardcover, 140 Pages, Published 1997 by Chronicle Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-1477-5, ISBN: 0-8118-1477-7

"This address book showcases modern Italian graphic design, known for its bold typography and streamlined imagery, in a format that is both practical and gorgeous."



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