In 2011, Eric Heiman took almost a year off from everything design—his practice, his teaching gig, his writing, even that cursed social media (for the most part)—to read, travel, take photos, get all existential, and (most of all) deny that this sabbatical was anything like the ones that famous Austrian graphic designer takes. While he didn’t get (or want) a book deal out of the experience, he has plenty of insights to share, new work to show, and tips on how to treat bacterial infections of the gut.

Eric Heiman is a designer, educator, intermittent writer, occasional ad-hoc curator, and occasionally comes out of DJ retirement to spin some old school hip-hop. He is co-principal and creative director of Volume Inc., founded at the dawn of the new millennium with Adam Brodsley. Volume’s work has been featured, published, exhibited, and honored by publications, museums and professional organizations all around the world. Eric’s writing has been featured in such publications as Eye, Emigré, AIGA’s Voice, and he is a contributing writer for the SFMOMA’s culture blog, Open Space. He also warps young minds as an Associate Professor of Design at the California College of the Arts.

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