Book Blog: Iron Fists
By Sahar Baharloo

Iron Fist: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State by Steven Heller.
In this week's edition of ArtAsiaPacific's Book Blog, we're covering Steven Heller's Iron Fist: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State. When the paperback edition of this book (the hardback version came out in 2008) arrived in the office, I let my true nerd nature show and didn't hold in any of my excitement. It combines two of my favorite subjects: design history and the rise of nationalism in the early 20th century.