Design Matters with Debbie Millman

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Brad Listi
Described as a darkly funny meditation on creativity and family, Brad Listi joins to talk about his new book, Be Brief and Tell Them Everything.


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Celebrating Pride
Catherine Opie, Adam J. Kurtz, Robyn Kanner, Michael Stipe, and the Indigo Girls reflect on their journeys in this special Pride episode of Design Matters.


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Joan As Police Woman
Joan Wasser shares her musical journey from a classically trained violinist to a solo singer, songwriter, and rock star known as Joan As Police Woman.


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Carol Lim + Humberto Leon
The effortlessly cool fashion designers Carol Lim and Humberto Leon join Design Matters with Debbie Millman to talk about two decades of creative partnership.


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Jack White + Ben Jenkins
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman music legend Jack White and design entrepreneur Ben Jenkins discuss craftsmanship, design, and baseball.


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Best of Design Matters: Gabrielle Hamilton
Chef and writer Gabrielle Hamilton talks dueling artistic passions—and how she has found balance and focus in her creative journey.


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Best of Design Matters: Bobbi Brown
Bobbi Brown had a revolutionary idea: to create a natural-look makeup line that would make people feel like the best version of themselves. She launched it from her home to overnight success, and today is back with her blockbuster clean DTC brand, Jones Road.


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Best of Design Matters: Nick Cave + Bob Faust
Nick Cave and Bob Faust discuss the incredible life of creativity, courageousness and community they have built together.


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Best of Design Matters: Glennon Doyle & Abby Wambach
Soccer star Abby Wambach and author Glennon Doyle discuss their striking first meeting, falling in love as pen pals, addiction, and sobriety, and the art of speaking out and speaking up.


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Best of Design Matters: Lisa Taddeo
From “The Last Days of Heath Ledger” to “Lebron James” to the title characters of Three Women, writer Lisa Taddeo’s words have captured her subjects in extraordinary and enlightening ways.


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Best of Design Matters: Shirley Manson
After a lifetime on stage, musician Shirley Manson reflects on the extraordinary ways she sees the world today.


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Best of Design Matters: Kaki King
Rolling Stones has called Kaki King a genre unto herself—she joins to talk about her career path and even plays a song or two.


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Best of Design Matters: Krista Tippett
Debbie Millman talks with Krista Tippett about her religious orientation, her struggle with depression, and why it’s so hard to understand our historical moment.


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Design Matters: Best of 2021
On this special episode of Design Matters, we take a look back at 2021, revel in the collective brilliance of Catherine Opie, Ethan Hawke, Randa Jarrar, Nick Offerman, and Susan Orlean.


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Best of Design Matters: Amy Webb
Named “one of the five women changing the world” by Forbes—Amy Webb advises CEOs of the world’s most-admired companies, three-star admirals and generals, and the senior leadership of central banks and intergovernmental organizations helping them prepare for complex futures.


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Anita Hill
Thirty years ago, Anita Hill became a household name and a hero for many women when she told the world about how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her at work. Today, she joins to talk about her extraordinary life and her new book, “Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.”


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Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe joins Design Matters with Debbie Millman to talk about his remarkable life, photography practice, and career as the lead singer and lyricist for the band R.E.M.


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Keenan Scott II
A playwright, poet, actor, director, and producer–Keenan Scott II joins Debbie Millman to discuss his powerful and captivating Broadway play “Thoughts of a Colored Man.”



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Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei joins Debbie Millman to discuss his new memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, depicting a century-long epic tale of China told through a story of his family.


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Ashley C. Ford
Ashley C. Ford joins to discuss her memoir “Somebody’s Daughter,” capturing a complex childhood shaped by family secrets, incarceration, and resilience.


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Toshi Reagon
Shaped by music and activism, Toshi Reagon reflects on her upbringing and remarkable career writing, playing, singing, and producing music.


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Nick Offerman
Reflecting on his remarkable life and career, Nick Offerman shares his insights on acting, marriage, and the current state of the world.


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Alisa Cohn
Alisa Cohn—named Top Startup Coach in the World—shares her secrets, insights and strategies from nearly 20 years of turning startup founders into world-class CEOs.


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Adam J. Kurtz
Adam J. Kurtz delves into the human experience and explores the duality of time—everything changes, yet tomorrow isn’t promised—in his new book, “You Are Here (For Now).”


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Amy Koppelman
Amy Koppelman penned A Mouthful of Air, a powerful novel years ahead of its time—and now, 20 years on, she discusses the film version of it she directed that hits theaters this month.


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Rickie Lee Jones
Long a believer in the impossible, Rickie Lee Jones has lived an extraordinary life of song. Here, she reflects on five decades of making music.


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Jonathan Fields
What makes you feel most alive? Jonathan Fields is here to help you figure it out—and infuse it into your career in truly transformative ways.


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Dorie Clark
In our short-term world, Dorie Clark is proof positive that there’s incredible power in long-term strategy—and here she riffs on her new book, The Long Game.


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Catherine Opie
At 8 years old, Catherine Opie realized “that history is made within an image culture”—and here, she discusses her incredible life as a photographer driven by culture.


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Carly Kuhn
From the Groundlings and “Chelsea Lately” to fashion illustration, textile work and beyond, Carly Kuhn—aka The Cartorialist—may not have set out to become an artist, but she became a brilliant one.


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Suneel Gupta
Forging on past failure, Suneel Gupta began to ask wildly successful people about their less-successful moments—and that laid the foundation for his own career highs, not to mention his new book that helps anyone with a great idea become Backable.


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Bobbi Brown
Bobbi Brown had a revolutionary idea: to create a natural-look makeup line that would make people feel like the best version of themselves. She launched it from her home to overnight success, and today is back with her blockbuster clean DTC brand, Jones Road.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Claire Danes
At 10, she announced that money or no money, she would be true to her art—and there was no plan B. And, well, actress Claire Danes stuck to it.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Miranda July
Writer, director, and actress Miranda July discusses the surreality of releasing a surreal movie in an even more surreal time.


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Jonny Sun
Feeling like an outsider, Jonny Sun turned to performance, comedy and Twitter—eventually channeling his thoughts into Jomny Sun and his signature Aliebn, and now his beautifully, happily sad book, Goodbye, Again.


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Fabien Baron
Fabien Baron realized that storytelling is at the core of everything he does, including his latest passion: film.


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Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean takes what appears to be ordinary corners of everyday life—and brings them to the page with startling wonderment and wit.


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Nick Cave + Bob Faust
Nick Cave and Bob Faust discuss the incredible life of creativity, courageousness and community they have built together.


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Tavi Gevinson
She was a teenage media mogul—and now her story extends to the page and the stage. Get to know Tavi Gevinson.


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Beeple
Beeple began creating a new piece of art each day with his aptly titled “everydays” series.


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Futura
Across 50 years in the art scene, Futura has undergone a brilliant evolution from graffiti prodigy to design master.


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Tanya Selvaratnam
Tanya Selvaratnam has said that when life throws you lemons, make art—and she has profoundly done just that in the face of unimaginable circumstances over the course of a long career blending activism and creativity.


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Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke discusses a life spent celebrating creativity in its many forms.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Lisa Congdon
From finding and focusing in on your artistic voice to staying passionate and purposefully driven, creative sherpa Lisa Congdon once again helps listeners take their work to new heights.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Robert Wong
Robert Wong ditched accounting and pursued his artistic dreams, criss-crossing the world before co-creating the innovative Google Creative Lab.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Ira Glass
From creativity to creative struggles and what makes or breaks a “This American Life” story, Ira Glass reflects on a career in the airwaves.


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Robyn Kanner
Robyn Kanner’s sponsor asked what her goals were. She said she was going to elect the next president of the United States.


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Randa Jarrar
Randa Jarrar has made the world a sexier and more thoughtful place—and on this episode, she discusses her powerful new memoir, "My Love is an Ex-Country."


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Jacqueline Woodson
In her inspiring creative journey, author and MacArthur Fellow Jacqueline Woodson went from struggling with words as a child to mastering them today.


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David Byrne
The legendary David Byrne reflects on his formative years, the mystery that underpins making music, and his cathartic Broadway experience, “American Utopia.”


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Jenna Lyons
From her trend-setting career with J.Crew to the medley of new projects she has launched over the past year, Jenna Lyons has perpetually made the world a more stylish, joyful place.


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Adam Grant
In an illuminating and cerebral discussion, Adam Grant discusses his new book and the value of checking in and checking up on yourself.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Marilyn Minter
Sex, power, feminism—Marilyn Minter reflects on her rise, being banished from the art world, and her return and personal revolution.


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Brené Brown
On this episode, Brené Brown discusses the highs and lows of her creative journey—and the essential elements of a life lived bravely.


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Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović reflects on all the moments that made her the performance genius that she is today—in which the artist is, indeed, utterly present.


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Hrishikesh Hirway
From practicing on his first pianoto recording albums and launching the podcast and Netflix show “Song Exploder,” Hrishikesh Hirway has lived a marvelous life of music.


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Best of 2020
On this special episode of Design Matters, Debbie looks back at 2020, revels in the collective brilliance of Bisa Butler, Miranda July, Marilyn Minter and V—and closes the year out with a performance by Lucy Wainwright Roche.


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Wael Morcos + Jonathan Key
Hailing from Lebanon and Alabama, respectively, Wael Morcos and Jonathan Key discuss their amazing journeys that coalesced into their groundbreaking design work as MorcosKey today.


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Karen Finley
Karen Finley reflects on her legendary performance pieces, censorship and decades of groundbreaking work—and the sheer joy in creating art.


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Laurie Haycock Makela
Laurie Haycock Makela discusses her revolutionary typography days at Cranbrook with Scott Makela, surviving two brain hemorrhages—and arriving at “the project of a lifetime.”


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Seth Godin
In his third Design Matters interview, writer Seth Godin riffs on his 20th book—“The Practice”—a milestone text exploring creativity and the sheer power of doing the work and putting it out into the world.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Thomas Page McBee
In his extraordinary journey, Thomas Page McBee traversed trauma and wound up in the ring at Madison Square Garden, brimming with a host of wisdoms on gender, identity, feminism and masculinity.


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Design Matters Live: Gemma O'Brien
From a life-changing letterpress moment to early viral fame and the current COVID crossroads, Gemma O’Brien remains a master of illustrious letterforms.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell discusses his book "Talking to Strangers”—and how we default to truth … but not necessarily the whole truth.


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Glennon Doyle + Abby Wambach
Soccer star Abby Wambach and author Glennon Doyle discuss their striking first meeting, falling in love as pen pals, addiction and sobriety, and the art of speaking out and speaking up.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Sarah Kay
Debbie talks to performance poet Sarah Kay about teaching people to write. “People should be less afraid of writing bad poems.”


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Design Matters from the Archive: Priya Parker
On this pre-pandemic archive episode, Debbie talks to Priya Parker about meetings and gatherings and why so many of them don’t work.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Lynda Barry
On this archive episode cartoonist Lynda Barry talks to Debbie about learning how to draw, and the damaging effects of one’s own opinion.


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Jacqueline Novogratz
On this episode, Jacqueline Novogratz talks about her long career fighting poverty around the world.


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Bisa Butler
On this episode, artist Bisa Butler talks to Debbie about her career, and about how making a quilted portrait of her grandmother led to an artistic breakthrough.


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Michael R. Jackson
On this episode, Debbie talks to Michael R. Jackson about his latest musical, which is about a gay man trying to write a musical.


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Fanny Singer
On this episode Debbie talks to Fanny Singer about her career writing about art and food, and about cooking in the time of Coronavirus. “Part of why I’ve been so depressed in this time is that I’m used to cooking for people three of four times a week.”


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Maurice Cherry
On this episode, Debbie talks with Maurice Cherry about his education and career, and about why the profession of graphic design has been so slow to acknowledge Black designers.


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Gabrielle Hamilton
On this episode Debbie talks to Gabrielle Hamilton about her career as a chef, and as a late-blooming writer.


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V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Debbie talks with V (formerly known as Eve Ensler) about her abusive father and how feminism has shaped her career.


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Katherine Gehl + Michael Porter
Debbie talks to Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter about their program for redesigning our politics.


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Kathryn Gallagher
Debbie talks with Kathryn Gallager about her young career as an actor/singer/songwriter and about trauma on and off the stage.


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Alex Bec and Will Hudson
Debbie talks to the design duo of Alex Bec and Will Hudson of It’s Nice That about their close friendship, long collaboration, and about what they’ve learned along the way.


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Cheryl Strayed
Debbie talks to author Cheryl Strayed about her childhood, her career, and about the value of taking a very long hike.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Tea Uglow
Debbie talks with Tea Uglow about experimental digital projects that are pushing the boundaries of tech and art.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Lisa Taddeo
Debbie talks with writer Lisa Taddeo about sex and desire.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Barry Blitt
Debbie talks to New Yorker celebrated cover artist Barry Blitt about where his ideas come from.


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Ira Glass
On this episode Debbie talk with Ira Glass about his career in radio and podcasting and about the making of "This American Life".


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Marilyn Minter
Debbie talks with artist Marilyn Minter about bringing her skills to the political arena, the ups and downs of her career, and the use of sexual imagery in her work.


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Design Matters at 15: Esther Perel
Debbie talks to therapist and author Esther Perel about marriage, polyamory, and adultery.


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Design Matters at 15: David Cay Johnston
David Cay Johnston talks to Debbie about the fun of investigative journalism.


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Design Matters at 15: Elizabeth Alexander
Debbie talks to Elizabeth about the journey of her extraordinary life and about how death makes us think about what we truly value.


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Robert Wong
On this episode taped live at Design Indaba, Debbie talks to Robert Wong, the executive creative director of Google Creative Lab.


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The Table is Turned: Roxane Gay Interviews Debbie Millman
This episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman was recorded live at WNYC’s Green Space as part of a celebration of 15 years of the podcast.


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Amber Tamblyn
A live conversation at WNYC’s Green Space with actor and poet Amber Tamblyn.


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Lucy Wainwright Roche
A conversation with Lucy Wainwright Roche about her musical family, her career as a singer-songwriter, and her musical tastes.


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Chanel Miller
A conversation with Chanel Miller about rape culture.


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Tosh Hall
A conversation with designer Tosh Hall about how to work with established brands.


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Chani Nicholas
On this episode: a conversation with Chani Nicholas about her life in astrology.


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Robert Fabricant + Cliff Kuang
On this episode Debbie talks to two designers about the history of user-friendly design and the importance of designing for feedback.


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Tatiana Schlossberg
On this episode, Debbie talks to journalist Tatiana Schlossberg about what we can do, as individuals, about climate change.


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Jessica Hische
A conversation with Jessica Hische about her career, especially after having kids.


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Lawrence Azerrad
On this episode, a conversation with Lawrence Azerrad about the design of the Concorde.


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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Best of 2019
On this episode, some coming of age stories Debbie had during 2019.


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Thomas Page McBee
On this eipsode, Debbie talks to Thomas Page McBee about masculinity, from the point of view of a trans man.


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Tiffany Shlain
On this episode Debbie talks to Tiffany Shlain about how cell phones have taken over our lives.


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Michael Dorf
On this episode Debbie talks to music impresario and restaurateur Michael Dorf.


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Lisa Congdon
On this episode, a conversation with artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon about getting started creatively.


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Saeed Jones
On this epsiode, a conversation with poet Saeed Jones about his memoir and about memory.


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Malcolm Gladwell
On this episode a conversation with Malcolm Gladwell about why it is so easy to be fooled by dishonest people.


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Steven Heller
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, a conversation with Steven Heller, about the long and troubled history of the swastika.


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Chris Ware + Chip Kidd
On this episode Debbie talks to designer Chip Kidd and his good friend, graphic novelist Chris Ware.


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Lynda Barry
On this episode cartoonist Lynda Barry talks about learning how to draw, and the damaging effects of one’s own opinion.


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Warren Lehrer
Writer, artist, and designer Warren Lehrer talks to Debbie about the intersection of images and letters and about the future of books.


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Elissa Altman
On this episode Elissa Altman talks to Debbie about life, food, love, and the new book she wrote on the difficult relationship she has with her mother.


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Derren Brown
Debbie talks to Derren Brown about his risky stage performances as a mentalist and illusionist.


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Lisa Taddeo
Debbie talks with writer Lisa Taddeo about sex and desire.


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Brian Rea
Debbie talks to illustrator Brian Rea about the Grim Reaper: “Having the Grim Reaper is a complete cliche. It’s an archetype that everyone has a vision of what it is. But it really is a reminder that time is precious.”


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From the Archive: Simon Doonan
On this episode, Debbie talks to Simon Doonan about his unlikely career and his formula for creative window displays.


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From the Archive: Amy Sherald
Debbie talks to portrait painter Amy Sherald about her emotionally evocative work. “I didn’t know I was doing it until I had a show, and I had like, three people start crying when looking at the work. And I was like, what is with y’all?”


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From the Archive: Pete Souza
Debbie Millman talks with Pete Souza about his years as the Obama administration official photographer.


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From the Archive: Chrisoph Niemann
Debbie talks to illustrator Christoph Niemann about his singular career as an artistic superhero.


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David Lee Roth
On this epsiode Debbie talks to David Lee Roth about his childhood, about his long career and his new skincare business, and about how he has avoided crashing, like so many other rock stars. “To be perfectly fair, I’ve had my wild excesses.”


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Austin Kleon
Debbie talks with Austin Kleon, who describes himself as ’a writer who draws’.


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Zoe Mendelson
Debbie talks to writer and activist Zoe Mendelson about the importance of sexual knowledge for women. “We should at least have enough power to have control over our own bodies.”


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Lori Gottlieb
Debbie talks with author and therapist Lori Gottlieb about the importance of emotional awareness.


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Stephen Gates
On this episode, Debbie talks with designer Stephen Gates about why it’s important for a brand not to be liked by everybody.


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Seth
On this episode Debbie talks with Seth, the artist behind the book Palookaville, about why his generation of cartoonists broke away from fantasy.


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Tea Uglow
Debbie talks with Tea Uglow about experimental digital projects that are pushing the boundaries of tech and art.


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Elizabeth Gilbert
Debbie talks with Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love about the love of her life and her latest book City of Girls.


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Shantell Martin
Debbie talks with artist Shantell Martin about her unorthodox career, her collaborations, and about the business of making art.


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Kris Holmes
On this episode, Debbie talks to calligrapher and type designer Kris Holmes, the co-creator of the Lucida typeface family.


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Roxane Gay
Debbie talks to writer Roxane Gay about loneliness, social media, and self-exposure. “And it’s terrifying to tell the truth about yourself. To tell the truth about what it’s like to live in your body.”


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Cey Adams
Debbie talks to Cey Adams about how his days writing graffiti led to a major career as a designer for hip hop acts and as an artist.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Anand Giridharadas
Debbie Millman talks to journalist Anand Giridharadas about his career, about a divided America, and about tech monopolies.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Brené Brown
Debbie talks to author and researcher Brené Brown about belonging, courage, and vulnerability.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Christina Tosi
Debbie talks with pastry chef and Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi about her career and long apprenticeship.


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Design Matters From the Archive: Anne Lamott
Debbie talks with writer Anne Lamott about her life and her long career.


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Jamie Myrold
Debbie talks with designer Jamie Myrold about her problems. “There’s just no end of great problems to solve. Design problems, product problems, operational problems, everything that I just love.”


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James Victore
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman designer James Victore talks about leading a creative life.


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Ingrid Fetell Lee
Debbie talks to designer and writer Ingrid Fetell Lee about joy.


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Dustin Yellin
Debbie Millman talks to Dustin Yellin about his busy life making art, while also running a non-profit cultural center.


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Kate Moross
Debbie talks to designer, illustrator, and art director Kate Moross about her early success, her projects, and the importance of over-delivering.


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Chase Jarvis
Debbie talks to Chase Jarvis about his career as a photographer and entrepreneur. “It doesn’t matter if you’re creating small things every day that are seen by a few. Or if you’re creating a business that is seen or expereienced by hundreds of millions or billions of people. It’s all creativity.”


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Bo Burnham + Elsie Fisher
Debbie talks to Bo Burnham about his film Eighth Grade, and the young star of that movie, Elsie Fisher.


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Scott Belsky
On this episode, Debbie talks to Scott Belsky about why creative conflict can lead to good decision making.


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Dani Shapiro
Novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro talks to Debbie Millman about her surprising genetic inheritance.


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Josh Higgins
Josh Higgins talks to Debbie Millman about how to design software products that become popular with users.


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Alice Rawsthorn
Debbie talks to design critic Alice Rawsthorn about the growing status of design.


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Sarah Kay
Debbie talks to performance poet Sarah Kay about teaching people to write. “People should be less afraid of writing bad poems.”


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Christoph Niemann
Debbie talks to illustrator Christoph Niemann about his singular career as an artistic superhero.


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Shirley Manson
Debbie talks to singer-songwriter Shirley Manson about her career, her music, and the long road that got her where she is today.


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Christina Tosi
Debbie talks with pastry chef and Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi about her career and long apprenticeship.


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Albert Watson
Debbie talks with famed photographer Albert Watson about his career and about the importance of preparing conceptually for a shoot.


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Thelma Golden
Debbie talks to museum director Thelma Golden about the power of curation. “The cultural landscape is not fixed. It can be shifted and changed. And we can claim places in it.”


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Anne Lamott
Debbie talks with writer Anne Lamott about her life and her long career.


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Pete Souza
Debbie Millman talks with Pete Souza about his years as the Obama administration official photographer.


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Paul Sahre
Debbie talks to designer Paul Sahre about the power of saying no to clients, and about a meeting with Steely Dan that went off the rails.


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Patricia Cronin
Debbie talks to Patricia Cronin about art and politics. “I’m really angry. I have a low-grade fever of rage.”


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Michael Ovitz
Debbie talks to Michael Ovitz about his long and controversial career as a Hollywood power broker. “When you are in the eye of the storm, you really don’t see around you very well.”


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Beth Comstock
Debbie talks to Beth Comstock about her career at General Electric and how big companies can innovate.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Deborah Kass
Debbie talks to artist Deborah Kass about her long and extraordinary career.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Brian Collins
Debbie talks to Brian Collins about why designers shouldn’t think of themselves as mere problem solvers.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Aaron Draplin
On this archival episode, Debbie talks for Aaron Draplin about setting up his own shop, and about making money as a designer.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Esther Perel
Debbie talks to therapist and author Esther Perel about marriage, polyamory, and adultry.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Simon Sinek
Debbie Millman talks to optimist, ethnographer, and author Simon Sinek about the fruits of good leadership.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Cindy Gallop
Debbie talks to Cindy Gallop about her career in advertising and about the trouble people have communicating about sex.


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Design Matters from the Archive: Barry Blitt
“Well you want to have your hand on the page, I mean there’s times I walk around and try to think of things, but three-quarters of the battle is scribbling.”


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Neville Brody
On this episode, Debbie brings the great English designer, typographer, and art director Neville Brody on stage.


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Paula Scher
“...The thing about your fifties is you have power...all those people you grew up with, they’re in their fifties too and they’ve got power, so they can actually give you some decent work.”


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Steven Heller
“...Silverstein hired me for the Op-Ed page. And to me that was the greatest job I could have dreamed of.”


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Laurie Anderson
Debbie Millman brings artist Laurie Anderson live on stage to discuss her career, art, life, and politics.


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Amy Sherald
Debbie talks to portrait painter Amy Sherald about her emotionally evocative work. “I didn’t know I was doing it until I had a show, and I had like, three people start crying when looking at the work. And I was like, what is with y’all?”


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Lewis Lapham
On this episode Debbie talks to Lewis Lapham about his long career in journalism and the media landscape today


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Carmen Maria Machado
Debbie talks to writer Carmen Maria Machado about her writing, life, career, and the importance of ego. “It’s an essential element to being an artist because otherwise what are you doing? You have to have that investment in it.”


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Aminatou Sow
Debbie talks to Aminatou Sow about her podcast and her career in tech. "I think that especially in tech we fetishize young people so much. Being the best at this thing at 30 is fine, but we’re literally all idiots."


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Erin McKeown
Debbie talks to muscian, playwright, and activist Erin McKeown about the ups and downs in her career, and about writing a musical for the first time.


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Priya Parker
Debbie talks to author and conflict resolution mediator Priya Parker about meetings and gatherings and why so many of them don’t work.


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Pamela Paul
Debbie Millman talks with author and editor Pamela Paul about books and book reviewing.


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Anand Giridharadas
Debbie Millman talks to journalist Anand Giridharadas about his career, about a divided America, and about tech monopolies.


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David Spergel
Debbie talks to astrophysicist David Spergel about the origins of the universe.


Debbie Millman
Edel Rodriguez
Debbie Millman talks to Edel Rodriguez about his celebrated illustrations of Donald Trump.


Debbie Millman
Simon Doonan
On this episode, Debbie talks to Simon Doonan about his unlikely career and his formula for creative window displays.


Debbie Millman
Richard Haines
Debbie talks to Richard Haines about his late blooming career as an illustrator. “As I’m drawing and I’m not really thinking about it, but I’m always editing information. To note spell everything out. To bring it to someone else.”


Debbie Millman
Nick Law
Debbie talks to Nick Law about working through failure.


Debbie Millman
David Korins
On this episode, Debbie talks with set designer David Korins about his impressive career on Broadway, his design process, and his latest projects.


Debbie Millman
Sukey Novogratz
Debbie talks to Sukey Novogratz about meditation and recovery from trauma. “How did you forget? That’s what you do to survive. And you are a bit hollow because you aren’t really anchored in your body because you’ve had to be disconnected to it.”


Debbie Millman
Edwin Schlossberg
Debbie talks to interactive designer Edwin Schlossberg about his career and about the time he asked a Vatican archivist why they had cataloged so little of their historical treasures.


Debbie Millman
Steven Pinker
Debbie talks to experimental psychologist and author Steven Pinker about measuring human happiness.


Debbie Millman
Kaki King
Debbie talks to musician Kaki King about her collaborations, her career, and performing and composing.


Debbie Millman
David Cay Johnston
On this episode, Debbie talks to David Cay Johnston about the fun of investigative journalism.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters: Best of 2017
Debbie looks back at some of her favorite highlights of 2017 including Thomas Kail, Elizabeth Alexander, Mike Mills, Sarah Jones, Anil Dash, and Brian Koppelman.


Debbie Millman
Barry Blitt
Debbie talks to New Yorker celebrated cover artist Barry Blitt about where his ideas come from.


Debbie Millman
Richard Saul Wurman
Debbie talks to TED founder Richard Saul Wurman about learning and education.


Debbie Millman
Marina Abramović
Debbie talks to performance artist Marina Abramović about her career, her art, and her incredible body of work.


Debbie Millman
Catie Lazarus
Debbie talks to podcast host, comic, and comedy writer Catie Lazarus about comedy, and about the grey area of comedians telling off-color jokes.


Debbie Millman
Tim Ferriss
Debbie talks to four time New York Times best selling author Tim Ferriss about depression, suicide, and major changes in his life.


Debbie Millman
Mike Mills
Debbie talks to artist and filmmaker Mike Mills about his career and his formative influences.


Debbie Millman
Deborah Kass
Debbie talks to artist Deborah Kass about her long and extraordinary career.


Debbie Millman
Kenny Fries
Debbie Millman talks to writer Kenny Fries about living with, and writing about disability.


Debbie Millman
Emma Donoghue
Debbie talks to novelist Emma Donoghue about gender, race, and the value of fiction.



Debbie Millman
Esther Perel
Debbie talks to therapist and author Esther Perel about marriage, polyamory, and adultry.


Debbie Millman
Brené Brown
Debbie talks to author and researcher Brené Brown about belonging, courage, and vulnerability.


Debbie Millman
Thomas Kail
Debbie talks to director Thomas Kail about his career and about the joys of collaboration.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: James Victore
Debbie talks to James Victore about his apprenticeship in graphic design, about the role of opinion in his work, and about his suspicions of surface beauty and polish.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Marian Bantjes
Debbie Millman talks to Marian Bantjes about her daring typography and her highly ornamental design.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From The Archive: Massimo Vignelli
Debbie talked to Massimo Vignelli about his favorite typeface, his fight against vulgarity and meaningless design, and what he means by forceful design.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Eileen Myles
Debbie talks to poet Eileen Myles about poetry, fame, and politics.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Cindy Gallop
Debbie talks to Cindy Gallop about her career in advertising and about the trouble people have communicating about sex. “People therefore find it bizarrely difficult to talk about sex with the people they’re having it with while they are actually having it.”


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Adam J. Kurtz
Debbie Millman talks to Adam J. Kurtz about designing for psychological health.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Gail Bichler
Debbie talks to Gail Bichler about magazine design and the role of the magazine cover in the digital age.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Alison Bechdel
Debbie talks to Alison Bechdel about how identifying herself as a lesbian when she was young led her into a career as a cartoonist.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Lisa Congdon
Debbie talks with artist and writer Lisa Congdon about how she sometimes felt like an imposter.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Anil Dash
Debbie talks to Anil Dash about politics, technology, and culture.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Lynda Weinman
Debbie talks to lynda.com’s Lynda Weinman about how the internet is challenging the traditional classroom model.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Caroline Paul
Debbie talks to writer Caroline Paul about her death-defying adventures, and how girls must learn the difference between fear and exhilaration.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Chris Anderson
Debbie Millman talks to Chris Anderson about how the TED conference has helped changed the way we learn.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Alain de Botton
Debbie talks to Alain de Botton about love and sex.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Bonnie Siegler
Debbie talks to designer Bonnie Siegler about her career and about the conflict between designers and their clients. "The clients aren’t the problem, the clients aren’t jerks, they’re not assholes, it’s not that they have bad taste, or anything like that. Sometimes they just have no idea how to interact with professional creative people."


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Nico Muhly
Debbie talks to composer Nico Muhly about his music and about the musicians who interpret it. "I always feel like they appreciate something that’s detailed on the page to indicate that I know what I’m talking about, but with room for them to continue the conversation when I’m dead."


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Krista Tippet
On this podcast Debbie talks to Krista Tippet about her religious orientation, her struggle with depression, and about why it’s so hard to understand our historical moment.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Amanda Palmer
On this podcast Debbie talks to Amanda Palmer about her wild and wandering path to the rock stage, and about how behind her artistic ambition is the drive to feel real.


Debbie Millman
Steven Heller
On this podcast Debbie talks to Steven Heller about his attitude when he was a young designer.


Debbie Millman
Brian Collins
Debbie talks to Brian Collins about why designers shouldn’t think of themselves as mere problem solvers.


Debbie Millman
DJ Stout
DJ Stout is a sixth generation Texan, award-winning designer, and partner at Pentagram.


Debbie Millman
Sarah Jones
On this podcast Debbie talks to playwright Sarah Jones about her relationship with her characters.


Debbie Millman
Elizabeth Alexander
Debbie talks to poet Elizabeth Alexander about the journey of her extraordinary life and how death makes us think about what we truly value.


Debbie Millman
Jonathan Adler
On this episode Debbie talks to Jonathan Adler about how his pottery defined his aesthetic.


Debbie Millman
Connie Birdsall
Debbie talks to Connie Birdsall about designing some of the most successful brands of our time and what to do when a meeting with clients is not going well.


Debbie Millman
Rochelle Udell
On this podcast Debbie talks to Rochelle Udell about her very creative professional life.


Debbie Millman
Mike Rigby
On this podcast Debbie talks to Mike Rigby about his international career in design and branding and how to stay creatively engaged.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Su Mathews Hale
Debbie talks to Su Matthews Hale about her efforts to bring more attention to female designers


Debbie Millman
Sam Winston
On this episode Debbie talks to artist + writer Sam Winston about his life-long fascination with type.


Debbie Millman
Nicholas Blechman
On this podcast Debbie talks to Nicholas Blechman about the importance of political satire.


Debbie Millman
Seth Godin
Debbie talks to Seth Godin about how to live in our difficult political moment.


Debbie Millman
Anil Dash
Debbie Millman talks to Anil Dash about politics, technology and culture.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters: Best Of 2016
Debbie highlights some of her favorite conversations of 2016, including Alison Bechdel, Alain de Botton, Lisa Congdon, Chris Anderson, Krista Tippet, Eileen Myles, and Amanda Palmer.


Debbie Millman
Adam J. Kurtz
Debbie talks to Adam J. Kurtz about designing for psychological health. “I’m not going to change your life, I’m just going to share with you the tools that are helping me.”


Debbie Millman
Gail Bichler
Debbie talks to New York Times Magazine design director Gail Bichler about magazine design and the role of the magazine cover in the digital age.


Debbie Millman
Cindy Gallop
Debbie talks to Cindy Gallop about her career in advertising and about the trouble people have communicating about sex.


Debbie Millman
Tim Ferriss Part 1
Debbie talks to writer Tim Ferriss about the strategies he has used to change his life.



Debbie Millman
Eileen Myles
Debbie talks to poet Eileen Myles about poetry, fame, and politics.


Debbie Millman
Pierluigi Serraino
Debbie talks to architect Pierluigi Serraino about some of the things creative people have in common.


Debbie Millman
Grace Bonney
Debbie talks to Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney about her new book on women entrepreneurs and makers and about the necessity and difficulty of change.


Debbie Millman
Steven Watson
Debbie talks to Stack Magazines founder Steven Watson about the passion behind the independent magazines that he loves.


Debbie Millman
Bonnie Siegler
Debbie talks to designer Bonnie Siegler about her career and about the conflict between designers and their clients.


Debbie Millman
Giorgia Lupi
Debbie talks to information designer Giorgia Lupi about data visualization and the data of our personal lives.


Debbie Millman
Joe Hollier
Debbie talks to Joe Hollier about an invention of his that is designed to bring back boredom in the era of the smartphone.


Debbie Millman
Kelli Anderson
Debbie talks to artist and designer Kelli Anderson about her new pop-up book, This Book is a Planetarium, and about her collaboration with They Might Be Giants.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Tobias Frere-Jones
Debbie talks to type designer Tobias Frere-Jones about his career and why typefaces are like the air we breathe.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Maira Kalman
Debbie talks to writer and illustrator Maira Kalman about how ordinary objects inspire her art, and about her collaborations with the likes of Mark Morris and Isaac Mizrahi.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Maria Konnikova
Debbie talks to psychology writer Maria Konnikova about her career and her fascination with con artists. She explains why so many people fall prey to confidence games.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Eli Horowitz
Debbie talks to editor and digital novelist Eli Horowitz about the virtues of collaboration + more


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Roz Chast
Debbie talks to Roz Chast about how she earned a coveted spot as a cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, and how her art is informed by the brutal reality of life.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Timothy Goodman
Debbie talks to Timothy Goodman about how, after barely getting through high school, he went on to a very visible career that he is still in the process of defining.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Brandon Stanton
Debbie talks to photographer Brandon Stanton about his ongoing project “Humans of New York” and why total strangers open up to him.


Debbie Millman
Gretchen Rubin
Debbie talks to author Gretchen Rubin about happiness and the power of habit.


Debbie Millman
Chris Anderson
Debbie talks to Chris Anderson about how the TED conference has helped changed the way we learn.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Isaac Mizrahi
Debbie talks to Isaac Mizrahi about why he loves fashion and why he does so many things outside of fashion.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Julia Turshen
Debbie talks to Julia about cooking and writing, and how to peel a hard-boiled egg.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Ben Schott
Debbie talks to Ben Schott about the importance of failing early in one’s career, about how to take a politician’s picture, and about writing and designing his own books.


Debbie Millman
Lisa Congdon
On this episode Debbie talks with artist and writer Lisa Congdon about how she sometimes felt like an imposter.


Debbie Millman
Steven Heller
On their annual podcast Debbie talks to graphic design guru Steve about how to deliver social critiques with a punch.


Debbie Millman
Alison Bechdel
Debbie talks to Alicon Bechdel about how identifying herself as a lesbian when she was young lead her into a career as a cartoonist.


Debbie Millman
Nico Muhly
Debbie talks to composer Nico Muhly about his music and about the musicians who interpret it.


Debbie Millman
Todd Waterbury
Debbie Millman talks to Target’s Chief Creative Officer Todd Waterbury about how technology is changing consumption and about how smart phones have raised our expectations for how companies should interact with us.


Debbie Millman
Caroline Paul
Debbie talks to writer Caroline Paul about her death-defying adventures, and how girls must learn the difference between fear and exhilaration.


Debbie Millman
Amanda Palmer
Debbie talks to Amanda about her wild and wandering path to the rock stage, and about how behind her artistic ambitions is the drive to feel real.


Debbie Millman
Krista Tippett
Debbie talks with radio host Krista Tippett about her religious orientation, her struggle with depression, and about why it’s so hard to understand our historical moment.


Debbie Millman
Greg Hahn + Ryan Moore
Debbie talks to branding designers Greg Hahn and Ryan Moore about their process when working with clients such as Netflix and MoMA.


Debbie Millman
Kate Bolick
Debbie Millman talks with writer Kate Bolick about society’s historically skeptical view of a single woman.


Debbie Millman
Mimi Váldes
Debbie talks to Mimi Valdés about her unstoppable career, from magazine editor to her creative partnership with the pop singer Pharrell Williams.


Debbie Millman
Ayse Birsel
Debbie talks to Ayse Birsel about her expansive career as an industrial designer and how she uses art and design to reconstruct her personal and professional life around a core idea.


Debbie Millman
Eric Zimmer
Debbie talks to Eric Zimmer about the twists and turns in his surprising career as a tech entrepreneur, and abot some of the things he’s learned along the way.


Debbie Millman
Tucker Nichols
Debbie talks to artist Tucker Nichols about his art, and the quality of the art he loves.


Debbie Millman
Doug Powell
On this episode Debbie talks to Doung Powell about how designers can use their skills beyond the confines of the profession.


Debbie Millman
Scott Clemons
Debbie talks to Scott Clemons about one of the great printers and designers of all time.



Debbie Millman
Simon Sinek
Debbie Millman talks to author Simon Sinek about the fruits of good leadership.



Debbie Millman
Robin Petravic + Catherine Bailey
Debbie talks with Robin Petravic and Catherine Bailey about running Heath Ceramics.


Debbie Millman
Michael Bierut
Debbie talks to Design Observer co-founder Michael Bierut about why he thinks graphic design is so cool.


Debbie Millman
Jonathan Fields
Author and entrepreneur Jonathan Fields on his previous careers as a lawyer and personal trainer, and on The Good Life. "The Good Life is not a place at which you arrive, it’s a lens through which you see and create."


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From the Archive: Noah Brier
Debbie talks to Noah Brier about brands, design, and content in the age of social media.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From the Archive: Clement Mok
Debbie talks to designer Clement Mok about the early days of Apple computer, the heady days of the software bubble, and the joys of working for Steve Jobs.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From the Archive: Bob Gill
Debbie talks to legendary designer Bob Gill about coming up in the profession in the 1950s, about working with the Beatles, and the problem with many designers today.



Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Michael Donovan + Nancye Green
Michael Donovan + Nancye Green on their partnership in marriage and design.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From the Archive: Michael Arad
The designer of the 9/11 memorial—Michael Arad— on the process of design.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From the Archive: Chip Kidd
Debbie talks to book designer Chip Kidd about why his TED talk turned into the most terrifying 19 minutes of his life, and about his book of graphic design for children.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From The Archive: Marion Deuchars
Debbie talks to illustrator and author Marion Deuchars about the expressiveness of hand-lettering, about how drawing is an intense form of looking, and the limited value of technology in teaching art to children.



Debbie Millman
Design Matters From the Archive: Louise Fili
Debbie talks to Louise Fili about designing book covers, designing for restaurants, about why she prefers working for small businesses, and about the importance of sketching.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Peter Mendelsund
Debbie talks to Peter Mendelsund about what makes a great book cover, rebranding the classics, and about his fears of the iPad and Kindle.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From The Archive: Caroline Paul + Wendy MacNaughton
Debbie talks to illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and author Caroline Paul about their unusually intimate collaboration on a book.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters from the Archive: Brian Rea
Debbie talks to Brian Rea about the value of being rejected, about art directing for the New York Times, and about his development as an illustrator.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From The Archive: Rob Walker
Debbie talks to Rob Walker about the Sunggie and his fantasy branding project.



Debbie Millman
Design Matters From The Archive: Marian Bantjes
Debbie talks to Marian Bantjes about her daring typography and her highly ornamental designs.


Debbie Millman
Kelli Anderson
Debbie talks to Kelli Anderson about what design can tell us about the world.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From the Archive: Tina Roth Eisenberg
Debbie talks to SwissMiss — aka Tina Roth Eisenberg — discusses her blog, CreativeMornings, and the beauty found in ordinary things.


Debbie Millman
Design Matters From The Archive: James Victore
Debbie Millman and James Victore discusses his book, putting his opinion in the work and the difference between God-jobs and money jobs.


Debbie Millman
Oliver Jeffers
Debbie talks to artist and illustrator Oliver Jeffers, who explains how illustrating and writing children’s books has changed his fine art painting.


Debbie Millman
Carolina Rogoll
Branding expert Carolina Rogoll talks about how to update a brand and why sabbaticals are a good idea.


Debbie Millman
Chris Ware
Debbie Millman talks to graphic novelist Chris Ware about how Charles Schultz, George Herriman, and Art Spiegelman figured into his life and career, and why empathy is fundamental to his work.


Debbie Millman
Audrey Arbeeny
Recorded live at "What Design Sounds Like," Debbie talks to Audrey Arbeeny about audio branding.


Debbie Millman
Virginia Postrel
Debbie Millman talks to Virginia Postrel about the power of glamorous objects and glamorous people.


Debbie Millman
Elle Luna
Debbie Millman talks to Elle Luna about why she walked away from great design jobs with IDEO, Uber, and Mailbox.


Debbie Millman
Ron Burrage
Debbie Millman talks to Ron Burrage about his design career, his performance career, and about how to design fearlessly.


Debbie Millman
Julia Turshen
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Julia Turshen about cooking and writing (and how to successfully peel a hard boiled egg).


Debbie Millman
Steven Heller
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Steven Heller about his new book Graphic Style Lab.


Debbie Millman
Lynda Weinman
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie talks to lynda.com’s Lynda Weinman about how the internet is challenging the traditional classroom model.


Debbie Millman
Morley
On this episode of Design Matters Debbie Millman talks to Morley about her songs of social change.


Debbie Millman
Ben Watson
On this episode Debbie Millman talks to Herman Miller’s Ben Watson about how design affects people who never even think about design.


Debbie Millman
Louise Sandhaus
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman speaks with Louise Sandhaus about her macrobiotic past, her new book, and her struggles to get it published.


Debbie Millman
Jessica Walsh + Timothy Goodman
On this week’s episode Debbie Millman talks to Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman about their unusual collaboration



Debbie Millman
Isaac Mizrahi
To launch the 10th season of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Isaac Mizrahi about why he loves fashion and why he does so many things outside of fashion.


The Editors
Design Matters Celebrates 10 Years
Announcing the Tenth Anniversary Season of Design Matters with Debbie Millman


Debbie Millman
Chee Pearlman
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to editor, curator, and design fairy godmother Chee Pearlman about editing a design magazine and designing conferences.


Debbie Millman
Liz Danzico
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Liz Danzico about writing and designing, life in NYC, and why it’s so important to keep learning (and re-learning).


Debbie Millman
Justin Ahrens
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Justin Ahrens about designing for social change and his book.


Debbie Millman
Ji Lee
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks with designer Ji Lee about why he hates most advertising, but why he loves the idea of advertising on Facebook (where he works).


Debbie Millman
Emily Spivack
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to writer and curator Emily Spivack about how our clothes are more than fabric and thread.


Debbie Millman
Moira Cullen
On this episode of Design Matters Debbie Millman talks to Moira Cullen—design strategist, writer and educator—about her innovative design work for some of the world’s leading brands.


Debbie Millman
Tina + Ryan Essmaker
On this episode of Design Matters Debbie Millman talks to Tina and Ryan Essmaker, designers, photographers, creative directors and cofounders of The Great Discontent


Debbie Millman
Caroline Baumann
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Cooper Hewitt director Caroline Baumann about her career in museums and why the interest in design has surged in recent years. 


Debbie Millman
Ben Schott
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Ben Schott about the importance of failing early in one’s career, about how to take a politician’s picture, and about writing and designing his own books.


Debbie Millman
Petter Ringbom
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Petter Ringbom about his years at the creative agency Flat, and how he moved away from graphic design into filmmaking.


Debbie Millman
Tom Geismar
In this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to legendary designer Tom Geismar about how the practice of design has changed since the 1950s.



Observed
Design Matters Fall 2014 Schedule Announced
A new season of Design Matters starts Monday!



Debbie Millman
Gary Hustwit
Gary Hustwit is an independent filmmaker who has produced six feature documentaries, including Helvetica.


Debbie Millman
Noah Brier
Noah Brier on brands, design and content in the age of social media.


Debbie Millman
Dani Shapiro
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks to writer Dani Shapiro about being raised an Orthodox Jew, about being vulnerable in her work, and about writing her way out of an existential crisis.


Debbie Millman
Brian Singer
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks to Brian Singer, Communication Design team leader at Facebook,.


Debbie Millman
Steven Heller
Steven Heller talks about graphic design before it was called graphic design, and about whether design magazines have a future in print.


Debbie Millman
Rachel Sussman
Artist Rachel Sussman discusses her new book and explains what it was like to be abandoned without supplies — or a phone — in Greenland.  


Debbie Millman
Scott Lerman
Scott Lerman talks about his new step-by-step book about brand strategy and about how consumer research can limit innovative thinking.


Debbie Millman
Maria Giudice
Maria Giudice talks with Debbie Milliman about the early days of design on the internet, and what it's like to work for Facebook.


Debbie Millman
Michael Donovan + Nancye Green
Debbie talks to Michael Donovan + Nancye Green about their life and work partnership and how good business is good design.



Debbie Millman
Debra Bishop
Design Director of More Magazine, Debra Bishop discusses her career designing for magazines, including her years working for Martha Stewart, and the tension between designers and editors.


Debbie Millman
Joe Marianek
Joe Marianek talks about decisions that shaped his career and about the process of getting hired at Apple.


Debbie Millman
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris on his web and database art projects, his relationship to time and memory, and the sexuality of the internet.


Debbie Millman
Dana Arnett
VSA's Dana Arnett on getting kicked out of design school and making the transition from designer to CEO.


Debbie Millman
Irma Boom
Debbie Millman talks to Irma Boom about the art and craft of her celebrated book designs.


Debbie Millman
Amanda Michel + Amy Webb
Debbie Millman talks to Spark Camp founders Amanda Michel + Amy Webb about redesigning the traditional conference and its lasting effect on participants.


Debbie Millman
Bob Gill
Legendary designer Bob Gill talks about design in the 1950s, working with the Beatles and the problem with so many designers today.



Debbie Millman
Matteo Bologna
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks to Matteo Bologna about his early years in Italy, his addiction to typography and the question of self-confidence.


Debbie Millman
Alex Center
Lead designer for CocaCola's Vitaminwater and Powerade Alex Center talks about his love of brands.


Debbie Millman
Susan Szenasy
Susan S. Szenasy is editor-in-chief of METROPOLIS, the award-winning New York City-based magazine of architecture and design.


Debbie Millman
Terry Teachout
Terry Teachout discusses the early days of blogging, the poetics of theater and what it's like to be a drama critic for The Wall Street Journal.



Debbie Millman
Dawn Hancock
Firebelly Design founder Dawn Hancock discusses what it means to be a socially conscious designer.



Debbie Millman
Jennifer Kinon + Bobby Martin
OCD Designers Jennifer Kinon + Bobby Martin talk about their design philosophy — and their general willingness to do the unexpected.



Debbie Millman
Oded Ezer
Typographer Oded Ezer talks about the idea of a universal language — and how his limitations as a musican and poet led to his extraordinary typography.



Debbie Millman
Sheila Bridges
Debbie Millman talks to interior designer Sheila Bridges about being one of the only prominent African Americans in her industry, about losing her hair and having Bill Clinton as a client.



Debbie Millman
Chip Kidd
Legendary book designer Chip Kidd on why his TED talk was the 19 most frightening minutes of his life.


Debbie Millman
Hartmut Esslinger
Frog design co-founder Hartmut Esslinger talks about working for Steve Jobs in the early days of Apple.


Debbie Millman
Interaction of Color
Brenda Danilowitz, Chief Curator at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and Potion principal Philip Tiongson discuss the new Interaction of Color app.



Debbie Millman
Jean-Louis Cohen
Jean-Louis Cohen reveals a Le Corbusier who was not only a great architect, but also a savvy promoter of his own ideas and work.



Debbie Millman
Michael Rock
Michael Rock about self-hatred in design, the benefits of being an outsider, and his new book.



Debbie Millman
Maggie Macnab
Designer, educator and author Maggie Macnab talks about what designers can learn from nature — and what they can give back.



Debbie Millman
Jessica Walsh
Jessica Walsh once sold moss-covered rocks to her elementary school classmates. Today, she's Stefan Sagmeister's partner in Sagmeister + Walsh.



Debbie Millman
Ben Chestnut + Aarron Walter
Mailchimp CEO Ben Chestnut and User Expereince Lead Aaron Walter talk how they got where they are — and where Freddie the monkey came from.



Debbie Millman
Wendy MacNaughton + Caroline Paul
Wendy MacNaughton and Caroline Paul on a journey from advertising to Rwanda to illustration, and from Stanford to firefighter to author.



Debbie Millman
Emily Oberman
Emily Oberman's three acts — from Tibor Kalman at M&Co, to Number Seventeen with Bonnie Siegler, to becoming a partner at Pentagram.



Debbie Millman
Jennifer Sterling
Jennifer Sterling on her process, how money should be designed, and the way teaching has influenced her career.



Debbie Millman
Amy Webb
Digital strategist and author Amy Webb on how she gamed online dating to find her husband.



Debbie Millman
Cliff Sloan
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman interviews Cliff Sloan about everything marketing.



Debbie Millman
ON! at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati
In this special Design Matters video episode, Debbie Millman gives you on a preview the new exhibit ON! at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati.



Debbie Millman
Sara Blake
Debbie Millman talks to Sara Blake about collaborating with her sister, creating portraits of 100 girls and illustrating NBA players.



Debbie Millman
Steven Heller
Steven Heller discusses his new ebook, Design Cult, and reflects on what designers have in common with Harvey Weinstein.



Debbie Millman
Clement Mok
Clement Mok on the early days of Apple computer, the joys of working for Steve Jobs and starting his successful businesses.



Debbie Millman
Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich discusses growing up in Brazi, the role of art versus design, and why it is so important to be witty.



Debbie Millman
Sophie Blackall
Sophie Blackall discusses learning to draw, painting vs. illustration and her favorite postings from Craigslist.



Debbie Millman
Jen Bilik
Jen Bilik on being a certified entrepreneurial badass: she's the founder of the company Knock Knock.



Debbie Millman
Marion Deuchars
Marion Deuchars on the expressiveness of hand lettering, how drawing is an intensive form of looking, and the need to be messy when creating art.



Debbie Millman
Jason Kottke
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Jason Kottke talks about blogging for over fourteen years and what it means to be "old" online.



Debbie Millman
Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons discusses his lastest book, Just Design: Socially Conscious Design for Critical Causes, and reflects on why designers should be continually redefining their profession.



Debbie Millman
Jake Barton
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Jake Barton discusses wanting to be a doctor, how he became a media designer and how to get people to interact.



Debbie Millman
Louise Fili
Louise Fili discusses the importance of sketching, her obsession with typography and why she prefers working with small organizations.



Debbie Millman
Rafael Esquer
Rafael Esquer discusses growing up on a farm, working with the city and what it takes to make it in the design business.



Debbie Millman
Mirko Ilic
Bosnian-born designer and illustrator Mirko Ilic discusses his early career behind the iron curtain, his prolific drawing and his current career in New York.



Debbie Millman
Austin McGhie
Debbie Millman talks to her colleague Austin McGhie, who explains why brand could be a four letter word.



Debbie Millman
Aaron Draplin
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Aaron Draplin talks about being comfortable in his own skin, midwestern pragmatism and why Oregon beats the shit out of SoCal.



Debbie Millman
Scott Stowell
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Scott Stowell discusses using color separation in elementary school, interning at M&Co and the importance of language in design.



Debbie Millman
Chris Ware
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Chris Ware discusses his influences – including sending a Valentine to Charlie Brown – and explains why empathy figures so heavily into his work.



Debbie Millman
Steven Heller
Steven Heller discusses the big ideas that have changed graphic design – including the UPC code, teen magazines and the pointed finger.



Debbie Millman
Ken Carbone
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Ken Carbone discusses meeting his design heros, his celebrated sketchbooks and journals and what he really thinks about his relationship with his corporate clients.



Debbie Millman
Randy J. Hunt
Etsy creative director Randy J. Hunt discusses working for Milton Glaser, his record label and the challenges of managing a brand as diverse as Etsy.



Debbie Millman
Khoi Vinh
Khoi Vinh on his role as design director at NYTimes.com, spending spring break in college setting type and the online relationship between publisher and consumer.



Debbie Millman
Roman Mars
Radio producer Roman Mars discusses the connection between ’zines and radio, why he ditched science and the reason he named his show “99% Invisible”.



Debbie Millman
John Flansburgh
John Flansburgh on being the son of a modernist architect, designing album covers for They Might Be Giants and of course, making music.



Debbie Millman
Maria Popova
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Maria Popova discusses growing up in Bulgaria, the evolution of Brainpicker and inventing the curator’s code.



Debbie Millman
Jen Bekman
Jen Bekman discusses managing a BBS in the early days of the internet, her first email exchange and the importance of everyone owning art.



Debbie Millman
Karl Heiselman
Wolff Olins CEO Karl Heiselman discusses the controversial London 2012 logo, designing the culture of his company and the relationship between branding and popularity.



Debbie Millman
James Biber
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, James Biber discusses growing up in a house with a womb chair, visual illiteracy and designing the Museum of Sex.



Debbie Millman
Cheryl Heller
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Cheryl Heller discusses  innovation, her new MFA program at SVA and why the word ‘brand’ is like leather pants.



Debbie Millman
Erik Spiekermann
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Erik Spiekermann discusses why numbers are harder to design than letters, finding his print shop burned to the ground and why he's trying to get out of work.



Debbie Millman
Malcolm Gladwell
A live episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman withe special guest Malcolm Gladwell.



Debbie Millman
Martin Venezky
Martin Venezky discusses his journey to becoming one of the design innovators of our time.



Debbie Millman
Peter Mendelsund
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Peter Mendelsund discusses how he became a book designer and his fear of the Kindle and iPad.



Debbie Millman
Andrew Gibbs
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Andrew Gibbs discusses his love of packaging, the role brands play in people's lives and his blog, The Dieline.



Debbie Millman
Brian Rea
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Brian Rea discusses the value of being rejected, art directing for The New York Times and his fascination with UFO’s.



Debbie Millman
John Hockenberry
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, John Hockenberry discusses The Takeaway — his morning news show on NPR — Steve Jobs and journalism in the age of social-media. 



Debbie Millman
Jake + Pum Lefebure
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Jake and Pum Lefebure of Design Army discuss how they met, the importance of sketching and keeping their firm small.



Debbie Millman
Margaret Roach
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Margaret Roach discusses her career with Martha Stewart and her love of gardening.



Debbie Millman
Linda Tischler
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Linda Tischler discusses failing her New Year’s resolutions, why the word “design” turns off business professionals and her new book.



Debbie Millman
Dori Tunstall
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Dori Tunstall discusses branding through the lens of a Design Anthropologist.



Debbie Millman
Alex Bogusky + John Bielenberg
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Alex Bogusky and John Bielenberg discuss branding, global warming and impact entrepreneurs.



Debbie Millman
Jessica Hische
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Jessica Hische discusses her attachment to the internet, the differences between being a letterer and a type designer and working for Louise Fili.



Debbie Millman
Michael Arad
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Michael Arad, discusses the World Trade Center Memorial.



Debbie Millman
Angus Hyland
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Angus Hyland discusses the peace sign, Deutsche Bank, and the play button.



Debbie Millman
Alissa Walker
Alissa Walker discusses her experience in advertising, her love affair with LA and of course, gelato.



Debbie Millman
Jennifer Morla
Jennifer Morla talks about leaving New York for San Francisco, her collaboration with Andy Warhol and the qualities of effective design.



Debbie Millman
Steve Frykholm
After a 40-year career with Herman Miller, Steve Frykholm discusses life inside this iconic, National Design Award-winning furniture company.



Debbie Millman
Grace Bonney
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Grace Bonney discusses being a Phish follower, shaking off the cute and the Design*Sponge scholarship program.



Debbie Millman
Heather B. Armstrong
Heather Armstrong on reconciling with her family after writing about them on her blog, taking photos of her dog Chuck and her broken Maytag washing machine.



Debbie Millman
Dominique Browning
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Dominique Browning discusses her tenure as Editor in Chief at House & Garden, her recent book, Slow Love, and the effects of love on a stuffed animal.



Debbie Millman
Jonathan Ford
Jonathan Ford discusses his eighteen job interviews before being hired by Michael Peters, his belief that a good idea cannot come from a computer and the importance of doing work that is truthful.



Debbie Millman
Eddie Opara
In this episode of Design Matters, Eddie Opara discusses being educated by Jesuits, creating the Brooklyn Museum brand at 2x4 and working at Pentagram.



Debbie Millman
Alina Wheeler
Philadelphia-based designer Alina Wheeler discusses branding, strategic imagination and her new book, Brand Atlas, co-authored with Joel Katz.



Debbie Millman
Gail Anderson
In this podcast with Debbie Millman, Gail Anderson discusses making little magazines as a child, working at Rolling Stone for fifteen years and what the next chapter in her life holds.



Debbie Millman
Kate Betts
Kate Betts discusses Michelle Obama as a style icon and addresses the inevitable comparisons (and differences) between our current First Lady and the legendary Jackie Kennedy.



Debbie Millman
Rob Walker
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Rob Walker discusses how our digital records remain online even after we die, and his desire to brand the idea of being “happy for what you have”.



Debbie Millman
James Victore
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, James Victore discusses his book, putting his opinion in the work and the difference between God-jobs and money jobs.



Debbie Millman
Alexandra Lange + Jane Thompson
Alexandra Lange and Jane Thompson discuss the power of imagination, Marimekko, Sir Lady Jane and Benjamin Thompson.



Debbie Millman
Steven Heller
Steven Heller talks to Debbie Millman about blogging from the bathroom, working with Patti Smith and Paul Rand's tombstone.



Debbie Millman
Alexander Isley
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Alexander Isley discusses his Mom, learning presentation skills from Tibor Kalman and believing that people are inherently good.



Debbie Millman
Kate Bingaman-Burt
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Kate Bingaman-Burt discusses Obsessive Consumption, the designer as reporter and her commitment to making something everyday.



Debbie Millman
Marian Bantjes
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Marian Bantjes discusses her new book, coded text and causing pain to type purists.



Debbie Millman
Ralph Caplan
In this interview with Debbie Millman, Ralph Caplan discusses the difference between making things right and making things nice, the Civil Rights movement and the responsibility of the designer.



Debbie Millman
Tina Roth Eisenberg
On this episode of Design Matters, SwissMiss — aka Tina Roth Eisenberg — discusses her blog, crowd sourcing and the beauty found in ordinary things.



Debbie Millman
Bill Moggridge
In this podcast with Debbie Millman, Bill Moggridge discusses the future of the laptop, human-centered design and the future of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.



Debbie Millman
Milton Glaser
An interview with Milton Glaser — graphic designer, illustrator, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and 2010 recipient of the National Medal of Arts.



Debbie Millman
Eric Baker
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Eric Baker discusses working with Gordon Parks, living in New York City and working for himself.



Debbie Millman
Stephen Doyle
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Stephen Doyle discusses working for Tibor Kalman, renting his soul to the devil and working with his hands.



Debbie Millman
Massimo Vignelli
Vignelli Celebration: Season premiere of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, a podcast interview with Massimo Vignelli.



Debbie Millman
Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister discusses a year away from his New York-based design practice, spending personal time in Bali and his new documentary film, Happiness.



Debbie Millman
Tim Brown
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Tim Brown reviews his career at IDEO, explores the impact of design processes (drawing and storytelling) and discusses his new book, Change By Design.



Debbie Millman
William Drenttel + Julie Lasky
Editorial director of Design Observer William Drenttel and Change Observer editor Julie Lasky discuss the state of online media and reflect on the end of print.



Debbie Millman
Dave Eggers
McSweeney’s Founder Dave Eggars is also the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity! and What Is The What.



Debbie Millman
Dee Dee Gordon
Dee Dee Gordon is a renowned youth culture expert whose research has been featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times Magazine.



Debbie Millman
Allan Chochinov
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie speaks with Allan Chochinov, editor-in-chief of Core77.com, the widely read design website.



Debbie Millman
Dan Pink
Dan Pink is an entrepreneur, speaker and the author of three groundbreaking books on the changing dimensions of the workplace. 



Debbie Millman
Daniel Formosa
Daniel Formosa, a founder of Smart Design, is a member of the design team that developed IBM’s first personal computer, the OXO Good Grips kitchen tools and XM Satellite Radio. 



Debbie Millman
Gong Szeto
Former principal of the interaction design firm io360, Gong Szeto is Director of design and product design at Peak6 Investments.



Debbie Millman
Patrick Coyne
An interview with Patrick Coyne, editor of Communication Arts, with special guests Milton Glaser and Cheryl Heller.



Debbie Millman
Natalia Ilyin
Natalia Ilyin is a design critic and educator and ithe author of two books — Blonde Like Me, and Chasing the Perfect: Thoughts on Modernist Design in Our Time.



Debbie Millman
Joe Duffy + Nate Voss
The Reflex Blue's Nate Voss interviews Joe Duffy about his work for some of the most highly admired companies in the world, including Coca-Cola, Toyota and Sony. 



Debbie Millman
Steve Heller + Lita Talerico
Debbie Millman interviews Lita Talarico and Steven Heller, co-founders of the MFA Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts.



Debbie Millman
Neville Brody
An interview with former Face Magazine art director Neville Brody who has been at the forefront of design for more than two decades.



Debbie Millman
Jessica Helfand
Jessica Helfand discusses growing up in a family of collectors, her love of visual biography and why history should be more important to designers than it seems to be.



Debbie Millman
Spoken Word Broadcast
All spoken word show featuring poems, prose and a short story.



Debbie Millman
Robynne Raye + Michael Straussberger
Robynne Raye and Michael Straussberger are graphic designers and co-founders of the acclaimed Seattle-based firm Modern Dog.



Debbie Millman
Michael Hodgson
Michael Hodgson is a DJ and a designer and is co-founder of the design firm Ph.D.



Debbie Millman
Abbott Miller
An interview with Abbott Miller, Pentagram partner and an award-winning graphic designer and writer. Miller is also the art director of 2wice magazine.



Debbie Millman
Laurie Rosenwald
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks with graphic designer, artist and actress Laurie Rosenwald.



Debbie Millman
Gordon Hull
An all-music show with DJ and designer Gordon Hull, co-founder of the firm Surface to Air.



Debbie Millman
Stefan Bucher
An interview with graphic designer, illustrator and Daily Monster creator Stefan Bucher.



Debbie Millman
Petrula Vrontikis
Petrula Vrontikis is a graphic designer and educator at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.



Debbie Millman
Jonah Lehrer
Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large for Seed Magazine, is also a contributor to NPR’s RadioLab. He is the author of Proust was a Neuroscientist.



Debbie Millman
Vaughan Oliver
Legendary graphic designer Vaughan Oliver is also an artist and the author of several books, including Exhibition/Exposition and This Rimy River.



Debbie Millman
Kurt Andersen
Kurt Andersen is an award-winning journalist, author and host of the Peabody-winning public radio program, Studio 360.



Debbie Millman
Eric Kandel
Nobel prize winner Eric Kandel is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Columbia University.
 




Debbie Millman
Chip Kidd
Book designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd is also the author of several books including The Cheese Monkeys and The Learners: A Novel.
 




Debbie Millman
Shepard Fairey
Designer and illustrator Shepard Fairey is the author of Supply and Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey and Shepard Fairey: Post No Bills.



Debbie Millman
Bad Boys of Design IV
Designers Marc Alt, Mike Essl, Alberto Rigau and others.



Debbie Millman
Josh Liberson + Ethan Trask
Josh Liberson and Ethan Trask are designers and the founders of the firm Helicopter.



Debbie Millman
Alan Dye
An interview with former Kate Spade Design Director Alan Dye who is currently Creative Director at Apple.



Debbie Millman
Jan Wilker + Hjalti Karlsson
Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson are partners in karlssonwilker and the authors of Tell Me Why.



Debbie Millman
Alice Twemlow
British-born Alice Twemlow is a design critic and the author of What Is Graphic Design For? She also chairs the Design Criticism department at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

 

  




Debbie Millman
Luke Hayman
Previously Design Director at I.D. Magazine, Brill’s Content,Travel + Leisure, and New York Magazine, Luke Hayman is now a partner in the New York office of Pentagram.



Debbie Millman
Janet Froelich
An interview with Janet Froelich, former Creative Director at The New York Times Magazine, who is currently Design Director at Real Simple.



Debbie Millman
Barbara Kruger
An interview with American artist Barbara Kruger.



Debbie Millman
Jeffrey Keyton
An interview with Jeffrey Keyton, Senior Vice Ppresident, On-Air Design and Off-Air Creative, MTV.



Debbie Millman
Luba Lukova
An interview with award-winning illustrator Luba Lukova, whose work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Library of Congress and Bibliotheque Nationale in France. 


Debbie Millman
Maira Kalman
An interview with the remarkable Maira Kalman — the closest thing we in the United States have to a National Treasure.



Debbie Millman
Not David Carson
A special interview about David Carson, featuring guest vocalist Simon Lince.



Debbie Millman
Jakob Trollback
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, an interview with designer and filmmaker Jakob Trollback — who is also a DJ.



Debbie Millman
Andrea Deszo
An interview with designer, artist and educator Andrea Deszo.



Debbie Millman
Minda Gralnek
On this episode, Debbie Millman interviews Minda Gralnek, Executive Vice President for Creative Services at the Target Corporation.



Debbie Millman
Marty Neumeier
Marty Neumeier is a brand consultant and the author of Brand Gap, Zag and The Brand Dictionary.



Debbie Millman
Elliott Earls
On this episode, Debbie interviews designer and performance artist Elliott Earls, designer-in residence at Cranbrook Academy of Art.



Debbie Millman
Doyald Young
Master typographer Doyald Young is also the author of The Art of the Letter, Logotypes, and Letterforms: Handlettered Logotypes and Other Typographic Considerations.



Debbie Millman
Designers, Writers + Magazines
A conversation with Print’s Joyce Rutter Kaye; Dwell’s Michela Abrahms; Barbara DeWilde of House Beautiful and Laetitia Wolff of Surface.



Debbie Millman
Ze Frank
Debbie Millman interviews Ze Frank — writer, designer and host of The Ze Frank Show.



Debbie Millman
Seth Godin
Seth Godin is the author of Purple Cow and All Marketers Are Liars.



Debbie Millman
Malcolm Gladwell + Joyce Gladwell
An interview with Malcolm Gladwell, author of The New York Times bestseller Outliers and Joyce Gladwell, author of Brown Face.



Debbie Millman
John Maeda
A disussion with former MIT Media Lab Director John Maeda, who is currently the 16th President of the Rhode Island School of Design.



Debbie Millman
Steve Sikora, Thomas R. Wright + Charlie Lazor
Steve Sikora, Thomas R. Wright and Charlie Lazo discuss the finer points of pre-fab houses and modern design.



Debbie Millman
Stanley Hainsworth
On this episode, Debbie Millman interviews Stanley Hainsworth, former Design Director at Starbucks and the founder of Tether in Seattle.



Debbie Millman
Paola Antonelli
An interview with Paola Antonelli, curator in the department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art.  



Debbie Millman
Ann Willoughby
Debbie Millman interviews Ann Willoughby, president and creative director of Willoughby Design Group, a brand, innovation and identity design firm she founded in 1978.  



Debbie Millman
William Lunderman
On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman interviews William Lunderman, Vice President for Global Design at the Colgate-Palmolive Company.



Debbie Millman
Todd Pruzan + Sam Potts
Todd Pruzan is an editor and writer. Sam Potts is designer and writer.



Debbie Millman
Gael Towey
On this episode, Debbie Millman talks to Gael Towey — the editor and founding Creative Director at Martha Stewart Living.



Debbie Millman
Bad Boys of Design III
This group of Bad Boy designers are: Josh Chen, Manuel Toscano, Alan Dye and Layne Braunstein.



Debbie Millman
Brian Collins
Brian Collins led the brand and innovation division of Ogilvy and  Mather for nearly a decade, before founding his own firm — Collins — in 2007.



Debbie Millman
Ed Fella
Ed Fella is an artist, graphic designer and educator whose work has had a critical influence on contemporary typography in the United States and in Europe. 



Debbie Millman
Jessica Helfand + William Drenttel
Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel work in partnership at Winterhouse and are co-founders, with Michael Bierut and Rick Poynor, of Design Observer.



Debbie Millman
Steven Heller + Veronique Vienne
A conversation with writer Véronique Vienne, writer and prolific design historian Steven Heller.



Debbie Millman
Art Chantry
Art Chantry works and lives in Seattle where his ideas and personal style branded the look of popular culture, not only in the northwest and its bohemian underground, but also in the pop and alternative culture of the last few decades.  



Debbie Millman
Peter Buchanan-Smith
Peter Buchanan-Smith, founder of Buchanan-Smith LLC, is the author of Speck and The Wilco Book.



Debbie Millman
Kenneth FitzGerald
Artist, educator and writer Kenneth FitzGerald is currently Associate Professor of Art and Graduate Program Director in the art department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.



Debbie Millman
Christoph Niemann
An interview with German-born designer and illustrator Christoph Niemann, who claims to have only one trick: “sitting in front of a white piece of paper and thinking, staring and drawing until my head hurts.”  



Debbie Millman
Grant McCracken
Grant McCracken is the author of Culture and Consumption IPlenitudeBig HairCulture and Consumption II: Markets, Meaning and Brand ManagementThe Long InterviewFlock and Flow, and Transforming Selves.  



Debbie Millman
Carin Goldberg
Carin Goldberg was a staff designer at CBS Records and Atlantic Records before establishing her own firm, Carin Goldberg Design, in 1982.



Debbie Millman
Hillman Curtis
Hillman Curtis has designed motion graphic spots for clients such as MTV, Rolling Stone and Adobe and his innovative design solutions have garnered him numerous awards all over the world.



Debbie Millman
Paul Sahre
Graphic designer, illustrator and author Paul Sahre established his own design company in 1997. His office is part design studio and part silkscreen lab: he designs book covers and prints posters.



Debbie Millman
Bill Grant
Bill Grant founded the Atlanta-based Grant Design Collaborative in 1996 and has worked with clients including Adobe Systems, Georgia-Pacific Papers and Steelcase, among many others.



Debbie Millman
Jonathan Hoefler + Tobias Frere-Jones
Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones are partners in their own eponymous type foundry where they developing and digitize original typefaces.



Debbie Millman
Ellen Lupton
An interview with Ellen Lupton — writer, educator, designer and a Curator of Contemporary Design at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.



Debbie Millman
Rick Valicenti
Rick Valicenti, founder of the Chicago design firm Thirst and author of the book Emotion As Promotion, talks to Debbie Millman.



Debbie Millman
Chip Kidd
On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks to Chip Kidd, award-winning book designer, musician and author.



Debbie Millman
Emily Oberman
An interview with Emily Oberman, formerly senior designer at M&Co and now partner, with Bonnie Siegler, in the New York design firm Number Seventeen.



Debbie Millman
Bad Boys of Design II
A new group of (very) bad boys: Rodrigo Corral, Marc English, Tan Le, Bennett Peji, Felix Sockwell and John Zapolski



Debbie Millman
Paula Scher
Paula Scher — arguably the most successful and influential woman working in design today — began her graphic design career as a record cover Art Director in the 1970s. She has been a Pentagram partner since 1991.



Debbie Millman
Stefan Sagmeister
A candid and revealing discussion with design innovator Stefan Sagmeister, whose work has been hailed as “intense, cunning and evocative.” 



Debbie Millman
Andrew Geller, Alastair Gordon + Jake Gorst
Andrew Geller, Alastair Gordon and Jake Gorst talk about Gorst's new documentary Leisurama.



Debbie Millman
David Barringer
Debbie Millman interviews Winterhouse Writing Award winner David Barringer, who discusses his new book and his views on the state of contemporary graphic design.



Debbie Millman
Design Blogs: The Good, the Bad and the Nasty
Rick Poynor, Armin Vit, Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Jen Beckman, Adrian Hanft and Bennett Holzworth discuss the finer points of design blogging.



Debbie Millman
Eames Demetrios
Debbie Millman interviews Eames Demetrios — the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames — a multimedia designer, exhibit designer, lecturer, filmmaker and author.  



Debbie Millman
Sean Adams + Noreen Morioka
Los Angeles-based graphic designers Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka work with a range of clients including MTV, VH1, Sundance and Nickelodeon.



Debbie Millman
Live From Las Vegas with Rossi Ralenkotter
Debbie Millman interviews Rossi Ralenkotter — President of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority — and Emmy Award nominated Set Designer Susan Benjamin.



Debbie Millman
Brand Consulting
A discussion about branding, design and cultural anthropology with leading practitioners in each discipline.



Debbie Millman
Michael Bierut

Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. and worked for a decade at Vignelli Associates before joining Pentagram as a partner in 1990.





Debbie Millman
Marian Bantjes, Alexander Gelman + Michael Surtees
An interview with Marian Bantjes, Alexander Gelman and Michael Surtees of DesignNotes.



Debbie Millman
Grant McCracken, Part 2
Grant McCracken PhD, author and a research affiliate at MIT.



Debbie Millman
Grant McCracken, Part 1
Grant McCracken PhD, is an author and a research affiliate at MIT.



Debbie Millman
Steven Heller
Debbie Millman interviews Steven Heller — art director, educator and the author of more than 100 books on design, design history and contemporary culture.



Debbie Millman
Bad Boys of Design
Designers Michael Ian Kaye, Mark Kingsley, Petter Ringbom, James Victore and Armin Vit.



Debbie Millman
Cheryl Swanson
Cheryl Swanson, founder of Toniq, applies her background in anthropology and psychology to the visual task of branding.



Observed


Cheryl Holmes's next book documents the history of the question she has been asking for decades—where are the Black designers?— along with related questions that are urgent to the design profession: where did they originate, where have they been, and why haven't they been represented in design histories and canons? With a foreword by Crystal Williams, President of Rhode Island School of Design, HERE: Where the Black Designers Are will be published next fall by Princeton Architectural Press.

Can ballot design be deemed unconstitutional? More on the phenomenon known as "Ballot Siberia," where un-bracketed candidates often find themselves disadvantaged by being relegated to the end of the ballot.

Designing the Modern World—Lucy Johnston's new monograph celebrating the extraordinary range of British industrial designer (and Pentagram co-founder) Sir Kenneth Grange—is just out from our friends at Thames&Hudson. More here.

Good news to start your week: design jobs are in demand!

An interview with DB | BD Minisode cohost and The State of Black Design founder Omari Souza about his conference,  and another about his new book. (And a delightful conversation between Souza and Revision Path host Maurice Cherry here.) 

What happens when you let everyone have a hand in the way things should look and feel and perform—including the kids? An inspiring story about one school’s inclusive design efforts

Graphic designer Fred Troller forged a Swiss modernist path through corporate America in a career that spanned five decades. The Dutch-born, Troller—whose clients included, among others, IBM, Faber Castell, Hoffmann LaRoche, Champion International, and the New York Zoological Society—was also an educator, artist, and sculptor. Want more? Help our friends at Volume raise the funds they both need and deserve by supporting the publication of a Troller monograph here.

The Independence Institute is less a think tank than an action tank—and part of that action means rethinking how the framing of the US Constitution might benefit from some closer observation. In order to ensure election integrity for the foreseeable future, they propose a constitutional amendment restoring and reinforcing the Constitution’s original protections.

Design! Fintech! Discuss amongst yourselves!

The art (and design) of “traffic calming” is like language: it’s best when it is extremely clear and concise, eliminating the need for extra thinking on the receiving end. How bollards, arrows, and other design interventions on the street promote public safety for everyone. (If you really want to go down the design-and-traffic rabbit hole with us here, read about how speculative scenario mapping benefits from something called “digital twins”.)

Opening this week and running through next fall at Poster House in New York, a career retrospective for Dawn Baillie, whose posters for Silence of the Lambs, Little Miss Sunshine, and Dirty Dancing, among countless others, have helped shape our experience of cinema. In a field long-dominated by men, Bailie's posters span some thirty-five years, an achievement in itself. (The New York Times reviews it here.)

Can't make it to Austin for SXSW this year? In one discussion, a selection of designers, policymakers, scientists, and engineers sought identify creative solutions to bigger challenges. (The “design track” ends today, but you can catch up with all the highlights here.)

Should there be an Oscar for main title design?

Design contributes hugely to how we spend (okay, waste) time online. But does that mean that screen addiction is a moral imperative for designers? Liz Gorny weighs in, and Brazillian designer Lara Mendonça (who, and we love this, also self-identifies as a philosopher) shares some of her own pithy observations.

Oscar nominees, one poster at a time.

Ellen Mirojnick—the costume designer behind Basic Instinct, Fatal Attraction, and Oppenheimer, for which she is 2024 Oscar nominee—shares some career highlights from forty years in film. (Bonus content: we kicked off Season Nine of The Design of Business  | The Business of Design with this conversation.)

Erleen Hatfield, of The Hatfield Group, is the engineer behind many innovative buildings, including the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home to the Atlanta Falcons, whose roof opens like a camera aperture to reveal the sky. Now, she's also one of the newly-minted AIA fellows, an honor awarded to architects—only 3% of their 98,000+ AIA members—who have made significant contributions to the profession.  

Anamorph, a new filmmaking and technology company co-founded by filmmaker Gary Hustwit (of Helvetica fame) and digital artist Brendan Dawes, wants to reshape the cinematic experience with a proprietary generative technology that can create films that are different every time they’re shown.

Viewers seem more concerned with Biden's rounded smartphone than with his policies. (We're not discussing the age of the man, here—just his phone!)

Claiming he is “not very good at design,” Riken Yamamoto, a 78-year old Japanese architect, wins the coveted Pritzger Prize. Notes the jury: "Yamamoto’s architecture serves both as background and foreground to everyday life, blurring boundaries between its public and private dimensions, and multiplying opportunities for people to meet spontaneously”.

Citizen outcry over Southwest's new cabin design—and in particular, it's new-and-improved-seats—may not be likely to  result in changes any time soon, but the comments (Ozempic seats!) are highly entertaining. (“Is there an option to just stand?”)

More than 50 years ago, a small group of design educators tried to decolonize design in Africa, hoping to teach African designers how to use research and design for their people and their nations by leveraging their own indigenous knowledge and local customs. While their pioneering effort was suppressed after a few short years by the colonial authorities, their approach to teaching design still resonates today: consider the story of François-X. N.I. Nsenga, an indigenous African designer who grew up in Belgian Rwanda and studied in British Kenya at Africa's first university-based design program. For more on the cultural history, design philosphy, and the "Europeanisation" of colonial Africa, you'll find a conversation with Nsenga in Gjoko Muratovski's book, Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice

At turns dystopian and delightful, the future of AI-based digital assistants seem poised to communicate through the “emotion and information display” of new constellations of hardware. (Including … orbs!) Like concept cars, they're not on the market just yet, but developmental efforts at more than a few telecoms suggest they're clearly on the horizon. More here.

Jha D Amazi, a principal and the director of the Public Memory and Memorials Lab for MASS (Model of Architecture Serving Society) Design Group, examines how spatializing memory can spark future collective action and provide a more accurate and diverse portrayal of our nation's complicated past. She gave this year’s annual Richard Saivetz ’69 Memorial Architectural Lecture at Brandeis last month, entitled, “Spatializing Memory”.

Self-proclaimed “geriatric starlet” and style icon Iris Apfel has died. She was 102.

“You know, you’ve got to try to sneak in a little bit of humanity,” observes Steve Matteson, the designer behind Aptos—Microsoft's new “default” font. “I did that by adding a little swing to the R and the double stacked g." Adds Jon Friedman, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for design: “It’s both quirky and creates a more natural feel that brings in some of the serif font ‘je ne sais quoi’ to it”. Resistant to change (or simply longing for Calibri), font geeks are not having it. Fun fact? Aptos was originally called Bierstadt. You may well imagine, as we did, that this was a nod to the 19th century German-American landscape painter, Albert Bierstadt—but the actual translation is “Beer City”. 

In Dallas, the Better Block Foundation is sponsoring a design contest called Creating Connections, aimed at addressing the growing epidemic of loneliness by exploring the impact of design on how people connect with others.

Good design is invisible, but bad design is unignorable. Elliot Vredenburg, Associate Creative Director at Mother Design, bares it all.

Arab design is a story of globalism, evidenced through collaborations with the Arab diaspora living, working, and creating abroad, and with the expatriate community in the Middle East and North Africa. More on the highlights (and insights) from Doha Design 2024 here.

Organizations that embrace diversity tend to foster innovation, challenge ingrained thought patterns, and enhance financial performance. Its true benefits emerge when leaders and employees cultivate a sense of inclusion. How architecture is reckoning with the cultural and economic challenges of—and demands for—a more inclusive workforce.



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