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Chip Kidd is a Designer/Writer in New York City. His book cover designs for Alfred A. Knopf, where he has worked non-stop since 1986, have helped create a revolution in the art of American book packaging. 

Insights Per Minute: Chip Kidd on Ready

John Foster has been a longtime collector of self-taught art and vernacular photography, as well as an artist, designer, and art curator. 

Insights Per Minute: John  Foster on Colloquialisms

J. D. McClatchy is the author of six books of poetry and many texts for musical settings, including eight opera libretti. 

Insights Per Minute: J. D. McClatchy on Relationships

Sara Ivry is the host of Vox Tablet, the weekly podcast of Tablet Magazine, and a writer who has contributed to the New York Times, Bookforum, the Boston Globe, and other publications. 

Insights Per Minute: Sara Ivry on Language

Jake Nickell is the co-founder of skinnyCorp and Threadless.com, along with a “bunch of other little projects”. 

Insights Per Minute: Jake Nickell on Creating

Oded Ezer is a graphic artist and typographer in Tel Aviv. Ezer is best known for his typographic design fiction projects (such as Biotypography, Typosperma, Typoplastic Surgeries and, more recently, for his series of eight typographic videos for the V&A), his design for the New American Haggadah and SkypeType poster, and for his ongoing contribution to Hebrew type design.

Ezer studied graphic design at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem. In 2000 he went on to establish his own independent studio, Oded Ezer Typography, where he specializes in typographic and fonts design. In 2004 Oded founded HebrewTypography type foundry, selling his own typefaces to leading media companies and design studios.

Ezer’s projects, posters and graphic works are showcased and published worldwide, and are part of permanent collections of eminent museums such as the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA, NYC), Israel Museum of Art (Jerusalem), Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A, London), Museum für Gestaltung (Zürich) and Design Museum Holon (Tel-Aviv).

Oded Ezer was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale in 2009. His first monograph Oded Ezer: The Typographer’s Guide to the Galaxy was published by Die Gestalten Verlag in May 2009.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Oded Ezer

Alex Center is a Brooklyn based designer who currently works for the small startup, The Coca-Cola Company. He grew up in the town of Oceanside, New York, home to the world's 2nd Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs. He once worked for the New York Knicks as a designer where he met both his childhood idol, John Starks and nemesis Isiah Thomas. He has spent most of his professional hours being creative on behalf of the beverage brand vitaminwater. Over the years he has designed billboards, built breakthrough advertising campaigns, launched innovative new products, even written label copy and once met rapper 50 Cent who told him "You must think you're pretty special." He got nervous and instantly started sweating. In 2011, He was named one of the 200 Best Packaging Designers by Luerzers Archive. Today he works across a portfolio of global brands at Coca-Cola that include vitaminwater, smartwater & Powerade. In his personal time he enjoys rooting for New York sports teams that wear orange/blue, doing improv at the UCB Theatre and searching for the freshest prosciutto in NY.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Alex Center

Matteo Bologna is the founder and principal of Mucca Design. His multidisciplinary background in architecture, graphic design, illustration and typography facilitated his early business successes and inspired his decision to create a New York branding and design agency. As creative director, he oversees and inspires every project with energy, intellect, and a quick wit. Matteo is the Vice President of the Type Directors Club, and is frequently asked to lecture about branding and typography around the world.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Matteo Bologna

Amanda Michel is the Open editor at the Guardian US. She previously worked at ProPublica.org and the Huffington Post.

Amy Webb is CEO of Webbmedia Group, a digital strategy agency that focuses on near-term emerging technology trends. She and her team help Webbmedia Group’s clients prepare for future business disruption using research, ideation and a vast knowledge of digital media. 

Spark Camp is a next-generation convener. They engineer productive collisions of talented people to tackle provocative questions, develop meaningful relationships and lead ideas into action; facilitate important conversations that propel society forward; and they form an enduring and diverse network of innovative thinkers set on bringing about positive change in their worlds.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Amanda Michel & Amy Webb, co-founders of Spark Camp

We're proud to announce that two of Med School's most exciting artists have gone head to head on our latest DJ Battle mix: Mutated Forms and Blu Mar Ten. Both artists have tracks on Med School's latest compilation – 'Blood Pressure' – out now on Med School Music.

Med School is the sinister little sister of Hospital Records, championing exciting new artists making weird and wonderful electronic sounds. Home to forward thinking artists like Bop, Unquote and Lung, their releases ooze class and push boundaries. Blu Mar Ten and Mutated Forms are no different – as these mixes will prove. But who will deliver the knock out punch? You decide!

Blood Pressure is out now on Med School Music and is available on 2x12" vinyl / digital download / CD. Essential. 
Get your copy here: http://shop.hospitalrecords.com/product/MEDIC27/

Blu Mar Ten: Fighting Talk!

"No dubplate neurosis, no attention-deficit-mixing, just joining the dots between some good tunes from 1996 to 2012. Strictly for those who want a little more from their music than just another big drop. You know who you are."

1 - Blu Mar Ten vs London Elektricity - Above One Second (mash-up, 2011)
2 - Physics - Dreamworld (dBridge remix) (Blindside, 2008)
3- Nasty Habits - Liquid Fingers (31 Recs, 1999)
4 - Dabs &amp; Safire - Time Carrier (Dispatch, forthcoming)
5 - Unknown
6 - Dillinja - Silver Blade (Metalheadz, 1996)
7 - Urbandawn &amp; Rotate - Blue Forest Grotto (unreleased, 2012)
8 - B Cloud - Going Deeper (Med School, 2012)
9 - Mutated Forms - Feels Like (Med School, 2012)
10 - Trisector - Minutes and Hours (unreleased, 2012)
11 - JDL - Blade Runner Blues (white label, 1996)
12 - Commix - Broken Man (Metalheadz, 2007)

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MUTATED FORMS: Fighting talk!

"Not only have we got the tunes and the skills we've also got the groove - anybody who's seen us play will know that Alex's moves make him the best. Fast-paced beats and a heavier selection will make sure we stay where we belong - on top!"

01. Mutated Forms - Look What U Have Done
02. Royalston - Carnivore
03. Jaybee &amp; Sinistarr - Should I Heavy1 Glitch Dub Remix
04. Spinline - Contrast
05. The Upbeats - The Proof
06. Critycal Dub And Level 2 - Somewhere
07. Adam F - Circles Andy C Mix
08. Mutated Forms - Powder Demon
09. The Upbeats - Incline
10. Raiden &amp; Meth - Millimallikas
11. Mutated Forms - Best Served Cold
12. Vicious Circle &amp; Fierce - Section VIP
13. DJ Vapour - The Lone Ranger
14. Sub Zero - Clash
15. June Miller - Walls Of Jericho
16. Frederic Robinson - Roadtrip
17. d:Bridge - Cornered
18. Spinline- Life
19. Mutated Forms feat. Rachel - Feels Like
20. Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre - No Diggity
21. Goldie - Inner City Life Goes To Miami Mix

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soundcloud.com/mutatedforms

Mixmag DJ Battle: Blu Mar Ten Vs Mutated Forms

Erik Spiekermann is author, information architect, type designer (FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Unit et al) and author of books and articles on type and typography. He founded MetaDesign, Germany’s largest design firm, in 1979 and is responsible for corporate design programmes for Audi, Skoda, Volkswagen, Lexus, Heidelberg Printing, and Bosch, as well as way-finding projects like Berlin Transit, Düsseldorf Airport and many others. In 1988 he started FontShop (http://fontshop.com), a company for production and distribution of electronic fonts. He is board member of the German Design Council and Past President of the ISTD International Society of Typographic Designers, as well as the IIID International Institute for Informationdesign. 

He now runs Edenspiekermann with offices in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Stuttgart & San Francisco. In 2001, he redesigned The Economist magazine in London. His book for Adobe Press, Stop Stealing Sheep (http://j.mp/XEZlBv) has been reprinted several times and translated into German, Russian and Italian. His corporate font family for Nokia was released in 2002. In 2003 he received the Gerrit Noordzij Award from the Royal Academy in Den Haag. His type system DB Type for Deutsche Bahn was awarded the Federal German Design Prize in gold for 2006. In May 2007 he was the first designer to be elected into the Hall of Fame by the European Design Awards for Communication Design.

Subscribe to Design Matters on iTunes for more great interviews with celebrated designers and creative minds: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Erik Spiekermann

Paula Scher studied at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and began her graphic design career as a record cover art director at both Atlantic and CBS Records in the 1970s. In 1984 she co-founded Koppel & Scher, and in 1991 she joined Pentagram as a partner. She is arguably the most successful and influential woman working in design today. (07.15.05)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/paula-scher/8947/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Paula Scher

Neville Brody a British designer and art director, has been at the forefront of graphic design for over two decades. Initially working in record cover design, Brody made his name through his revolutionary work as art director for Face magazine. In 1988 Brody published the first of his two monographs, which became the world's best selling graphic design book. (01.16.09)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/neville-brody/9527/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Neville Brody

Milton Glaser is among the most celebrated graphic designers in the United States. He has the distinction of one-man-shows at the Museum of Modern Art and the Georges Pompidou Center. In 2004 he recieved the lifetime achievement award from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. As a Fulbright scholar, Glaser studied with the painter, Giorgio Morandi. In 2010 Glaser was awarded the National Medal of Arts, he is the first graphic designer to receive this award. (10.12.10)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/milton-glaser-podcast-interview/8927/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Milton Glaser

Louise Fili designs specialty food packaging and restaurant identities, and is pazza for tins that speak Italian. A graduate of Skidmore College, Louise designed books at Alfred A. Knopf in the mid 70's, worked for Herb Lubalin from 1976-78 and then joined Random House as Pantheon’s art director in 1978. In her eleven-year tenure as art director of Pantheon Books she reinvented book jacket design. Louise’s passion for 1930s Italian and French poster design migrated from her book covers to her restaurant design. You can read more about Louise in the introduction to her most recent book, Elegantissima.

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Louise Fili

Cliff Sloan borrowed $10,000 from his parents in 1993 and started The Sloan Group, a six-person creative marketing shop specializing in youth, entertainment and technology marketing. By 1999, The Sloan Group was 60 people strong, had garnered over 100 awards for creative excellence and boasted a blue-chip client roster that included Nickelodeon, MTV, Turner, MasterCard, AT&T, Disney, HBO and Pepsi. In 2000, The Sloan Group was acquired by The Interpublic Group of Companies, the world’s third largest advertising, marketing and communications organization. The Sloan Group enjoyed Agency of Record status for a diverse roster of clients ranging from entertainment and sports to financial services and government. As President and Chief Creative Officer, Cliff oversaw all agency operations while leading the agency’s strategic marketing, brand engineering, creative and business development divisions. In 2008, along with partner Gary Zarr, Cliff started Phil & Co., an agency dedicated to contemporary marketing for philanthropies and companies “doing good”. He teaches Cause Branding and Marketing at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and is a judge of the 2013 Cause Marketing Forum Halo Awards. 

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Cliff Sloan

Amy Webb is the head of of Webbmedia Group, a digital strategy agency that solves complex strategic and operational problems related to disruptive technologies and emerging digital trends that are catalyzing great change across many industries. Recently, she worked with the City of Chicago to redesign, in every aspect, a modern library system for the 21st century. She co-founded Spark Camp, a 501(c)(3) invite-only working group that brings together the brightest minds in media and technology once each quarter. Prior to starting Webbmedia Group, Amy was a reporter/ writer with Newsweek (Tokyo) and the Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong) where she covered emerging technology, media and cultural trends. She has contributed to the New York Times, NPR, Economist and many publications and appears regularly as a commentator on numerous broadcast shows.

Amy originally attended the Jacobs School of Music to study classical clarinet, and she later graduated with a B.A. in political science. She also has an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Amy has served on the adjunct faculty at University of Maryland, Temple University, Tokyo University and University of the Arts.
Her new book, DATA: A LOVE STORY: How I Gamed Online Dating To Meet My Match was published in January 2013 and has been featured in People, Good Morning America, The View, Marketplace, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Guardian, Wired, Elle Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine and elsewhere. DATA chronicles how Amy used data analytics and smart digital marketing strategies to land her online dating profile at the top, and then built a framework to exploit the algorithms to her own benefit (finding a husband).


Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Amy Webb

Jennifer Sterling is a designer, artist, typographer and book publisher based in New York and the rincipal of Sterling Design. Her work has been exhibited and resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the Library of Congress. In 2000 she was inducted into Alliance Graphique Internationale and Who’s Who in America. Graphis included her in their “Top Ten Designers in the World” list and USA GD named her as one of “Twelve Designers to change Design into the Millennium.” Additionally she has served on the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's Design and Accessions Board.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Jennifer Sterling

Emily Oberman studied at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She began her career working with Tibor Kalman at his legendary studio M&Co., where from 1987 to 1993 she collaborated with Kalman to create groundbreaking work for Knoll, Wieden & Kennedy, Talking Heads, and Bennetton’s Colors magazine. In 1993, she co-founded the design studio Number Seventeen with her partner Bonnie Siegler. She joined Pentagram’s New York office as partner in April 2012. Her clients have included NBC Universal (logos for “30 Rock,” “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and “Saturday Night Live,” including the opening title sequence for 15 years), Herman Miller, Air America and the creation of Lucky magazine for Condé Nast. Oberman’s book design has included work for the Type Directors Club, HBO’s “Sex and the City,” Glamour magazine, and the deluxe illustrated edition of Stephen Dubner’s Superfreakonomics. Her work has been recognized by the AIGA, the Type Directors Club, and the Art Directors Club, among others. In 2004, she was awarded the prestigious Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award for distinguished alumni from her alma mater Cooper Union. She has served on the national board of AIGA and as president of its New York chapter.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Emily Oberman

DISLTD008
Cern & Verb "Degeneration"
DBRUK & Mtwn "Shrapnel"

Out now on digital (vinyl shipping Friday 26th April 2013)

Digital - http://bit.ly/disltd008
Vinyl - http://bit.ly/disltd008-redeye

Dispatch Ltd’s first outing of 2013 sees an outstanding trans global release which amalgamates a true melting pot of multinational minds by bringing together a full collaborative effort by DBRUK, Belgium’s Mtwn & New Zealand’s Cern alongside Verb.

DISLTD008 is a pure showcase of cutting edge Drum and Bass Music that brings together the formidable combined efforts of some of the scenes finest rising stars, once again all delivered with that unmistakable level of quality that now synonymous with Dispatch Ltd.

The A side “Degeneration” clearly nods back to some the finest points in Drum and Bass heritage with a diamond cut blend of splashy rides, hoovering low tones and crashing amens which all blend together in perfect measure to bring that “hell caving’ vibe that’s absolutely tailor made for those later, lights down dancefloor moments, an outing of Drum and Bass Music at its rawest and hardest edge, Just as we feel it absolutely should be sometimes!

The Flip, “Shrapnel” issues an unmistakable hollowed out Square wave workout which violently twists and turns through the sub frequencies, targeted at full aim towards the kind of SPL levels that penetrate straight through at chest level. “Shrapnel” is certainly the kind of stand out tune that you’ll remember the day after the night before as DBRUK and Mtwn again deliver with the highest level of production standard to deliver a very very healthy measure of creatively crafted originality.

Support from the likes of: Ant TC1, Survival, Digital, DJ Hype, Randall, Octane, Phace, Calyx & Teebee, Total Science, Need For Mirrors, Mikal, Spinline, Gerra & Stone, DLR, Doc Scott, Chris SU, Nymfo, Basher, EBK, Vicious Circle, Dabs, Script & Hydro.

Buy direct here

DBR UK & Mtwn - Shrapnel - Dispatch LTD 008 (CLIP) - OUT NOW

This is a limited release for Record Store Day 2013, pressed on silver vinyl with art by Stilts88. 
Ramson Badbonez returns for Record Store Day with a little peek at his next project. Teaming up with Billy Brimstone on some old Italian Giallo craziness we see him emerge as the Silva Surfa on the track 'Warlords and Immortals'. 
Jehst takes charge of production on the flip with a banging futuristic slice of space funk in his remix of 'Power Cosmic' (from Kashmere's Galaktus LP). Kash came through to respit a different verse and this time is joined by Ramson Badbonez and Phoenix Da IceFire.


Power Cosmic (Jehst Remix) ft Ramson Badbonez, Phoenix Da IceFire, Kashmere

We told you that Congo Natty aka Rebel MC was more than a legend and now it's time to prove it. For your listening pleasure the one and only Uncle Dugs (Rinse FM) has compiled a mix that takes the listener all the way through Mikail Tafari's career, from the early Rebel MC & Double Trouble days right up to the last few years. 

Seventy eight minutes charting the birth and development of Jungle, the mix works as a perfect taster for the forthcoming Congo Natty opus, "Jungle Revolution." With the buzz around first single "UK Allstars" still very much in the air and a record to follow which delivers on Tafari's reputation as a pioneer, a fearless social commentator and a righteous Rastaman, this potted history of his career should be the perfect taster. Get it now before we take it down again - the wickedest sound!

UK Allstars
Download "UK Allstars" on iTunes - http://glnk.it/234
Watch "UK Allstars" on YouTube - http://bit.ly/1a6oxWl

Jungle Revolution
Download 'Jungle Revolution' on iTunes - http://smarturl.it/CongoiTunes
Buy 'Jungle Revolution' on Ninjashop - http://bit.ly/17uBEDJ

Congo Natty Mix by Uncle Dugs

An exclusive tune courtesy of http://www.mixmag.net 

Foamo plays Chew The Fat Bank Holiday Bonanza  on Sunday 6th May @ Peckham Palais

Also playing Deadboy, Sophie Live, Dauwd, Maribou State b2b Pedestrian, Mike Ruff Cut Lloyd and more

Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/558215834198470/


Foamo - Sherlock (Kry Wolf remix)

Wendy MacNaughton and Caroline Paul are the illustrator and author, respectively, of the new book Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology (Bloomsbury, 2013).

Wendy MacNaughton is an illustrator and a graphic journalist based in San Francisco. Her documentary series Meanwhile tells the stories of communities through drawings and the subject's own words, and is being published as an anthology by Chronicle Books in 2014. She's also illustrated the forthcoming book The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Wine, by Richard Betts (Houghton Mifflin, 2013). She has degrees in fine art/advertising and social work from Art Center College of Design and Columbia University. When they let her, she likes to talk with students at Art Center College of Design, and she is an artist in residence at Intersection for the Arts.

Caroline Paul is an author based in San Francisco. Paul grew up in New England, with an identical twin, a younger brother, and a menagerie of animals. She graduated from Stanford University, where she studied Communications. In 1989, she became a San Francisco firefighter. She is the author of Fighting Fire (Skywriter Books, 2011), about her thirteen years as a firefghter, and East Wind, Rain (2006) which has been optioned for a movie.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton

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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