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Noah Brier uses the web to understand the world — every encounter with information is a potential web waiting to be untangled. He is the co-founder of Percolate and was last head of planning and strategy at The Barbarian Group. Prior to that he worked as a strategist at Naked Communications, a creative lead at Renegade Marketing and before that wrote about the impact of cultural, media and demographic trends on the marketing field at American Demographics Magazine.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Noah Brier

Jessica Walsh is a designer, illustrator, and art director, and half of Sagmeister & Walsh in New York City. Timothy Goodman is a designer, illustrator, and art director also based in New York City. Together they created the 40 Days of Dating blog, which is now a book, and will soon be a movie. 


Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Timothy Goodman + Jessica Walsh

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

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Elle Luna

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.

Design Matters From The Archive:  Brian Rea

Visualizing new horizons, from Pluto to Porto

Episode 16: New Horizons

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

Design Matters From The Archive: Peter Mendelsund

Debbie talks to Massimo Vignelli about his favorite typeface, his fight against vulgarity in his design, and what he means by forceful design.

Design Matters From The Archive: Massimo Vignelli.mp3

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. "When I get excited about a design that's in the sketch pahse, it's like 'Ah! This is it. Now I really have something.' And that's usually the one that will work."

Design Matters From The Archive: Louise Fili

Rainbows, selfie sticks, and the flag of New Zealand

Episode 17: Over the Rainbow

Debbie talks to Noah Brier about brands, design, and content in the ago of social media. "If you had said 'What was marketing?' 30 years ago, it would have been a tevlevision ad, mostly. And if you say 'what is marketing in three years?' it will be a piece of content in Facebook."

Design Matters From The Archive: Noah Brier

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. "I still don't consider myself an illustrator, it's weird....I consider myself a designer."

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Timothy Goodman

Debbie Millman talks to Simon about the fruits of good leadership: "To see your team achieve more than they thought they were capable of, that they will advance the organization further than you even imagined — because they believe, and they are greatful, and they're inspired — it's all worth it. All the sacrifices. It always is."

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Simon Sinek

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

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Nico Muhly

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

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: 2009-2016

Design Matters from the Archive: Tiffany Schlain

On this podcast Debbie talks to Mike Rigby about his international career in design and branding and how to stay creatively engaged. “Every event you go to, every person you meet, everything you do is fuel for your next idea.”

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: 2009-2017

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Mike Rigby

On this podcast Debbie Millman talks to Rochelle Udell about her very creative professional life. "The strength of creative people is to be the outside observer of ordinary things. That's the strength of the creative person, so you've gotta stay outside a little bit."

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Rochelle Udell

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.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Connie Birdsall

On this episode Debbie Millman talks to Jonathan Adler about how his pottery defined his aesthetic. “It’s about craft and luxury mixed with a sense of optimism and cheekyness.”

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Jonathan Adler

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

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Elizabeth Alexander

Design Matters by Debbie Millman features interviews with designers, artists and cultural leaders, including Lawrence Weiner, Barbara Kruger, Malcolm Gladwell, Eric Kandel, Stefan Sagmeister, John Maeda, Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones, Michael Arad, Milton Glaser, Massimo Vignelli, Paula Scher, Steven Heller, Jonah Lehrer, among others.

In 2011, Design Matters received the People’s Design Award from the prestigious Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards.

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