Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the author of many books, including Stencil Type, Graphic, Typography Sketchbooks, New Ornamental Type and New Vintage Type, all published by Thames & Hudson.

Introduction - 1. POETICS: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti . Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman . John Cage . Walasse Ting . Barrie Tullett . Antonius Bui . Dylan McDonough . Dirk Hagner . Agrafka Studio . Allen Crawford . Bianca Bunsas . Herman Inclusus . Pedro Antônio Gabriel Anhorn . Warren Lehrer - 2. DRAMATICS: Francis Picabia . Leo Lionni . Robert Massin . Warren Lehrer . Maira Kalman . Molly Leach . Stuart Sharpe . Jonny Hannah . Tom Hingston . Peter Blegvad and Andrew Swainson . Patrick King - 3. MANIFESTO: Paula Scher . Paulo Soleri . Johanna Drucker . Richard Eckersley . Sawdust . John Hendrix . Isabel Seiffert . Lora Fosberg . Laurie Rosenwald . John Passafiume . Nick Reeve . Natali Cohen . NOT A BENE Visual (NBv) . Annie Vought . Jack Summerford . Oliver Munday . Carolyn Sewell - 4. MONUMENTAL: Alida Sayer . Ariane Spanier Design . Brian Rea . Daniel Patrick Helmstetter . Lust . Timothy Goodman . Rogers Eckersley Design (RED) - 5. CLASSICS: Kiril Zlatkov . Sam Winston . Damián Sena . Hermes Mazali . Pilar González Bergez- 6. TYPOPLAY: Fortunato Depero . Corita Kent . Marian Bantjes . Philippa Wood . Cyla Costa . Church of Type . Wael Morcos . Ebon Heath . Angie Butler and Philippa Wood . Chank Diesel and Anne Ulku . Brian Scott Bagdonas . Jamie Clarke . Jason Permenter - 7. ALPHABETICS: Bruno Munari . Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich . Ross MacDonald . Milton and Shirley Glaser . Werner Design Werks - Designers & website list