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On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Brenda Danilowitz, Chief Curator at the <a href="http://www.albersfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Josef and Anni Albers Foundation</a>, and Philip Tiongson, a principal at <a href="http://www.potiondesign.com/" target="_blank">Potion</a>, a design and technology firm specialzing in interactive expereinces, about Josef Alber's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Interaction-Color-50th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0300179359" target="_blank">Interaction of Color</a>. To mark the 50th anniversary of this groundbreaking book, Yale University is realeasing an <a href="http://yupnet.org/interactionofcolor/" target="_blank">iPad app</a> of the book. The Interaction of Color mobile app for iPad helps the user understand the book&rsquo;s ideas, view the plates, experiment, and create and share designs. This interactive edition of one of the most influential books on color ever written offers users an entirely new way to experience Josef Albers&rsquo;s original masterwork.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Brenda Danilowitz & Philip Tiongson

"Easy to know that diamonds are precious. Good to learn that rubies have depth. But more to see that pebbles are miraculous." Excerpt from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/interactionofcolor

Background, context, and discussion <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/16/interaction-of-color-josef-albers-50th-anniversary/">here</a>.

Josef Albers as an educator

Excerpt from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/interactionofcolor

Background, context, and discussion <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/16/interaction-of-color-josef-albers-50th-anniversary/">here</a>.

Josef Albers and the art of seeing

Josef Albers on education as discovery

Josef Albers and unlocking the magic of color

T.S. Eliot reads from his 1930s classic, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Poem text, background, and other goodies here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/09/26/t-s-eliot-reads-the-naming-of-cats-1947/

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T. S. Eliot reads "The Naming of Cats" from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/10/22/chip-kidd-go-book

Excerpted from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters

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Chip Kidd on kissing Neil Gaiman at Comic Con

The legendary graphic designer discusses his new primer for kids, GO: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/10/22/chip-kidd-go-book

Excerpted from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters

Chip Kidd how design shapes everything

Chip Kidd on how the speed bump embodies the problem-solving genius of design

More here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/13/neil-degrasse-tyson-and-ann-druyan-on-carl-sagan/

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Carl Sagan

Jeremy Bernstein conducts the most thorough interview Stanley Kubrick has ever given. Background and context here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/27/jeremy-bernstein-stanley-kubrick-interview/

A rare interview with Stanley Kubrick (1965)

Transcript, context, and related artwork: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/17/dfw-leadership-debbie-millman/

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David Foster Wallace on leadership, read by Debbie Millman

Recorded at the Books at Noon program at The New York Public Library. Details and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/05/19/eve-ensler-nypl/

Subscribe to the Books at Noon podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-york-public-library-podcast/id804982781?mt=2

Eve Ensler on how trauma makes us disconnect from ourselves

Seth Godin in conversation with Debbie Millman about courage, anxiety, change, creative integrity,  how to dance with the fear, and more. Background and transcribed highlights: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/05/20/seth-godin-debbie-millman-interview/

Seth Godin in conversation with Debbie Millman

Lyrics & Lyricists with Stephen Sondheim

David Foster Wallace's iconic 2005 Kenyon College graduation address. Context and transcript here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/12/this-is-water-david-foster-wallace/

Part 2 here: http://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water-2

David Foster Wallace: "This Is Water" (part 1)

David Foster Wallace's iconic 2005 Kenyon College graduation address. Context and transcript here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/12/this-is-water-david-foster-wallace/

Part 1 here: http://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water-1

David Foster Wallace: "This Is Water" (part 2)

"The arrows of adverse criticism cannot scratch, let alone pierce, the shield of what disappointed archers call my 'self-assurance.'"

Background and context:  http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/18/vladimir-nabokov-james-mossman-interview/

Vladimir Nabokov on literature and life (1969)

Read more: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/10/massimo-vignelli-debbie-millman/

Excerpt from Debbie Millman's Design Matters interview: https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/massimo-vignelli

Graphic designer Massimo Vignelli on the three pillars of design education

Read more: www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/10/massimo-vignelli-debbie-millman/

Excerpt from Debbie Millman's Design Matters interview: https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/massimo-vignelli

Graphic designer Massimo Vignelli on print vs. digital books

Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/18/tolstoy-reading-rare-1909-recording/

The fascinating story of A Calendar of Wisdom, with selected highlights: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/15/a-calendar-of-wisdom-tolstoy/

Leo Tolstoy reads from "A Calendar of Wisdom," 1909

Excerpt from Orwell's fantastic 1946 essay outlining his 11 "golden" rules of tea perfection: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/14/george-orwell-a-nice-cup-of-tea/

George Orwell on how to make the perfect cup of tea

An inspiring commencement address delivered to the graduating class at San Jose State University. Transcript and discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/15/debbie-millman-look-both-ways-fail-safe/