{"id":13493,"date":"2020-06-03T09:42:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=13493"},"modified":"2020-06-04T09:23:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T13:23:43","slug":"covid-check-in-with-steven-heller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-steven-heller","title":{"rendered":"COVID Check-In with Steven Heller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Memories Show<br \/>\nCOVID Check-In: Steven Heller<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5877\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13493-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=13493-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Design scholar, teacher, and author <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailyheller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Heller<\/a> checks in from New York City. We talk about the <a href=\"https:\/\/designobserver.com\/feature\/happiness-is-the-little-things\/40260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anxiety &amp; stress of pandemic life<\/a>, and why he&#8217;s thinking of designing a watch that just tells you the day of the week. We also get into his upcoming 70th birthday, and why that number is a big rubicon for him, his reread &amp; revised opinion of Philip Roth&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781400079490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Plot Against America<\/a>, the relaunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printmag.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PRINT magazine<\/a> (he and partners bought the title a few months ago) and the how he sustains his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printmag.com\/daily-heller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Heller<\/a> blog there, the weird comfort of walking through a protest this week, and his recent binge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81004164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shtisel<\/a> on Netflix, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go check out the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printmag.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PRINT<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em>You can listen to all these COVID Check-In episodes at <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-covid-19-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The COVID-19 Sessions<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hq8WlvZIT_E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/0hG2K6Qf942wTbpZ0VJxc0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t145136108\/\" style=\"width:100%; height:100px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/COVID_Check-In_with_Steven_Heller.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to the conversation!<\/a>&nbsp;Then check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the archives<\/a>&nbsp;for more conversations from The Before Times.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailyheller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Heller<\/a>, former art director of <em>the New York Times Book Review<\/em>, is the cochair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Design \/ Designer as Author + Entrepreneur Program. He is the author, coauthor, and editor of more than 190 books on design, social satire, and visual culture, including <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780714861098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State<\/a>. He writes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printmag.com\/daily-heller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Daily Heller<\/a> for <em>Print<\/em> magazine and contributes to <em>Design Observer, Eye, Wired, the New York Times<\/em>, and the <em>Atlantic<\/em>. He is the recipient of two honorary doctorates, the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and the Smithsonian National Design Award for \u201cDesign Mind.\u201d He lives in New York City. His most recent book is the new edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781621537199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Swastika and Symbols of Hate: Extremist Iconography Today<\/a>, from Allworth Press.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Steven on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailyheller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thedailyheller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, check out his blog at PRINT Magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printmag.com\/daily-heller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Heller<\/a>, and listen to our full-length podcasts from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-266-steven-heller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-348-steven-heller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. Photo of Steven by him. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show COVID Check-In: Steven Heller Design scholar, teacher, and author Steven Heller checks in from New York City. We talk about the anxiety &amp; stress of pandemic life, and why he&#8217;s thinking of designing a watch that just tells you the day of the week. We also get into his upcoming 70th birthday, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-steven-heller\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID Check-In with Steven Heller&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,22,5981,46,4,379,1183,17,18,20,5,19],"tags":[6033,960,6032],"class_list":["post-13493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-art","category-covid-check-in","category-design","category-literature","category-lost-in-the-supermarket","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-politics-implicit","category-religion","category-travel","category-urban-issues","tag-daily-heller","tag-steven-heller","tag-the-daily-heller","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidhellercomp.jpg?fit=1934%2C800","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-3vD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15724,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-517-steven-heller","url_meta":{"origin":13493,"position":0},"title":"Episode 517 &#8211; Steven Heller","author":"Gil","date":"December 6, 2022","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 517: Steven Heller \"I don't have outside interests. I try to make design and life as holistic as possible. I don't go out hunting or fishing, or collect stamps. I don't have other passions that many people do have.\" Author, design guru, blogger, instructor, graphic designer and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C732&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C732&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C732&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C732&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2022comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C732&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12607,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-348-steven-heller","url_meta":{"origin":13493,"position":1},"title":"Episode 348 &#8211; Steven Heller","author":"Gil","date":"November 3, 2019","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 348: Steven Heller \"It's a learning moment of how powerful symbols are and how powerful graphic design is.\" The Nazi swastika is a symbol of evil, but what about the pre-Nazi version of that symbol? With the publication of The Swastika and Symbols of Hate: Extremist Iconography\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2019comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C717&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2019comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C717&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2019comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C717&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2019comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C717&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/heller2019comp.jpg?fit=1200%2C717&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11377,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-266-steven-heller","url_meta":{"origin":13493,"position":2},"title":"Episode 266 &#8211; Steven Heller","author":"Gil","date":"April 23, 2018","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 266: Steven Heller \"I would look at other people's design work and realize they have something I don't have. What I do have is an ability to judge work, to come up with ideas.\" Design scholar Steven Heller joins the show to talk about writing and editing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9325.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9325.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9325.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9325.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9325.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4890,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-dont-actually-feel-like-this","url_meta":{"origin":13493,"position":3},"title":"I don&#8217;t actually feel like this&#8230;","author":"Gil","date":"February 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"...but this image was too funny (to me) not to post: courtesy of this article by Steven Heller at the NYTimes.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Design&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Design","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/design"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/screamity.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/screamity.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/screamity.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12287,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-322-steven-guarnaccia","url_meta":{"origin":13493,"position":4},"title":"Episode 322 &#8211; Steven Guarnaccia","author":"Gil","date":"May 27, 2019","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 322: Steven Guarnaccia \"I'm an illustrator. 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