Mirko Ilic started his design career in Europe, where he became well-known for his illustrations, posters, and book and record covers. He eventually became the art director of the international edition of Time Magazine. He then went on to be come the art director of the New York Times Op-Ed section. Over the course of his illustrious career he has done design work for almost every celebrated print publication, including Rolling Stone, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, and Sports Illustrated. He has received numerous awards and his work is featured in the permanent collections of both the Smithsonian and MoMa, NY. 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. He is also co-founder of the MFA in Design Criticism, MFA in Interaction Design, MFA Social Documentary Film and MPS Branding programs. Although he does not hold an undergraduate or graduate degree he has devoted much of his career to fostering design education venues, opportunities and environments.