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Educator and art director Steven Heller (School of Visual Arts, NY) has authored or edited more than 80 books on graphic design, and is a contributor or contributing editor to nearly 25 magazines. In
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What does it mean to be a designer in today’s corporate-driven, overbranded global consumer culture? Citizen Designer attempts to answer this question with more than 70 debate-stirring essays and inte
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