Design Matters with Debbie Millman

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.

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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.”

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

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

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

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Debbie talks to designer Keira Alexandra about what to do when you need extras for a video shoot.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Debbie talks to type designer Tobias Frere-Jones about his career and why typefaces are like the air we breathe.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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On this episode, Debbie talks to Tiffany Shlain about her films, about starting the Webby Awards, and about the growing presence of technology in our lives.

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Debbie talks to photographer Brandon Stanton about his ongoing project “Humans of New York” and why total strangers open up to him.

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

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Debbie talks to Alain de Botton about  love and sex.

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

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Debbie talks to Isaac Mizrahi about why he loves fashion and why he does so many things outside of fashion.

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Debbie talks to Julia about cooking and writing, and how to peel a hard-boiled egg.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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."

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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.

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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.

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Michael Donovan + Nancye Green on their partnership in marriage and design.

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The designer of the 9/11 memorial—Michael Arad— on the process of design.

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