The Swastika and Symbols of Hate

Extremist Iconography Today

STEVEN HELLER

For the Center’s first book discussion, please read The Swastika and Symbols of Hate: Extremist Iconography Today (Allworth, 2019; available on Amazon or at many booksellers) and join us on Zoom as we have the opportunity to ask questions of noted writer and design historian Steven Heller. What happens when a spiritual symbol—one that has been used for thousands of years—is transformed into an icon for hate? Is it beyond being redeemed? How do symbols and icons function in the world? Please bring questions and join us.

Steven Heller, author and editor of over 130 books on graphic design, satiric art, and popular culture, is the co-founder and co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts, New York. For over 40 years he has been an art director for various underground and mainstream periodicals, having been an art director at the New York Times for 33 years. He is editor of AIGA VOICE: Online Journal of Design; a contributing editor to Print, EYE, and Baseline; and a frequent contributor to Metropolis and ID magazines. He is the recipient of the 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement.