Design Observer

Archive
Books + Store
Job Board
Email Archive
Comments
About
Contact
Log In
Register



Observatory

Resources
Submissions
About
Contact


Featured Writers

Michael Bierut
William Drenttel
John Foster
Jessica Helfand
Alexandra Lange
Mark Lamster
Paul Polak
Rick Poynor
John Thackara
Rob Walker


Departments

Advertisement
Audio
Books
Collections
Dialogues
Essays
Events
Foster Column
Gallery
Interviews
Miscellaneous
Opinions
Photos
Poetry
Primary Sources
Projects
Report
Reviews
Slideshows
Today Column
Unusual Suspects
Video


Topics

Advertising
Architecture
Art
Books
Branding
Business
Cities / Places
Community
Craft
Culture
Design History
Design Practice
Development
Disaster Relief
Ecology
Economy
Education
Energy
Environment
Fashion
Film / Video
Food/Agriculture
Geography
Global / Local
Graphic Design
Health / Safety
History
Housing
Ideas
Illustration
India
Industry
Info Design
Infrastructure
Interaction Design
Internet / Blogs
Journalism
Landscape
Literature
Magazines
Media
Museums
Music
Nature
Obituary
Other
Peace
Philanthropy
Photography
Planning
Poetry
Politics / Policy
Popular Culture
Poverty
Preservation
Product Design
Public / Private
Public Art
Religion
Reputations
Science
Shelter
Social Enterprise
Sports
Sustainability
Technology
Theory/Criticism
Transportation
TV / Radio
Typography
Urbanism
Water


SLIDESHOW: Image 1/20
Previous Next
Posted 07.28.10 | PERMALINK | ESSAY

Steven Heller: Do You Copy? The Visuals of Ham Radio

Do You Copy? The Visuals of Ham Radio: slide 1



SLIDESHOW: Image 1/20
Previous Next

|
Share This Story



ABOUT THE ESSAY

Do You Copy? The Visuals of Ham Radio
The QSL card offered proof, among ham radio operators, that contact had been made. The design of these cards was not an indication of good or bad, of sophisticated or naïve thinking, but was crafted from what was available at the time. Today, they provide physical evidence of early social networking – still at work.
Read Essay >>

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steven Heller is the co-chair of the Designer as Author MFA Program and co-founder of the MFA in design criticism program at the School of Visual Arts. He is the editor, author or co-author of over 100 books on design, political art and culture. His website is Hellerbooks.com.
More Bio >>

DESIGN OBSERVER JOBS









MORE BY Steven Heller

06.13.11: For the Love of Scripts
05.02.11: Paul Rand, Painter
03.03.11: Souvenirs as Nazi Propaganda
02.17.11: Hitler’s Poster Handbook
02.07.11: The Master Race’s Graphic Masterpiece
01.12.11: My Big Fat Fast Food Feast at Eataly
12.07.10: Designer as Author
11.15.10: Miss Branding: A Cautionary Tale
09.17.10: Heller on Heller
09.15.10: Vignelli’s Herald (or Heralding Vignelli)
More by Steven Heller >>

BOOKS BY Steven Heller

The Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design Into Goods That Sell
Rockport Publishers, 2008

Stylepedia: A Guide to Graphic Design Mannerisms, Quirks, and Conceits
Chronicle Books, 2006

New Vintage Type: Classic Fonts for the Digital Age
Watson-Guptill, 2007

New Ornamental Type
Thames & Hudson, 2010

Looking Closer 5
Allworth Press, 2006

More books by contributors >>