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Michael Rock is a founding partner and Creative Director at 2x4 and Director of the Graphic Architecture Project at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. At 2x4, he leads a wide range of projects for Prada, Nike, Kanye West, Barneys New York, Harvard and CCTV. Before starting 2x4, he was co-founder of Information incorporated in Boston. From 1984–91 he was Adjunct Professor of Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design and since 1991 he has been a member of the design faculty at the Yale School of Art where he holds the rank of Adjunct Professor. In addition, he was a fellow at the Jan Van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht, The Netherlands, and a contributing editor and graphic design journalist at I.D. Magazine in New York. His writing on design has appeared in publications worldwide. He holds an A.B. in Humanities from Union College and a M.F.A from the Rhode Island School of Design. He is the recipient of the 1999/2000 Rome Prize in Design from the American Academy in Rome and currently serves on the board of the Academy. He is the author and editor of Multiple Signatures, on the history and development of 21st century design. 

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Michael Rock

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

In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, legendary graphic designer Massimo Vignelli, best-known for creating the iconic New York City subway map, discusses intellectual elegance, education, love, the pitfalls of marketing, and his long career in design.

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Image: Painting of Massimo Vignelli by Jessica Helfand after a photograph by Beatriz Cifuentes.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Massimo Vignelli

Marian Bantjes is a typographer, designer, artist and writer. Working from a small island off the west coast of Canada, her personal and obsessive work has brought her international recognition. Her work has been published in books and magazines around the world and is included in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

In this interview with Debbie Millman, Bantjes discusses her most recent book, I Wonder (Monicelli and Thames & Hudson), her shift from typesetter to famous designer, ornament, secrets, cipher, coded text, causing pain to type purists and the importance of putting good work into the public sphere. 

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Marian Bantjes

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.

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Erik Spiekermann

Stefan Sagmeister (http://www.sagmeister.com) is among today’s most important and influential graphic designers. Born in Austria, he has lived and worked in New York since 1993. Renowned for album covers, posters, installations and his recent book of life lessons, Things I have learned in my life so far (http://j.mp/XEYm4u), Sagmeister brings a fresh perspective to the role and work of a designer. In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, he discusses his year away from his New York-based design practice, his personal time in Bali, as well as discussing his new, in-progress documentary film, Happiness.

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Stefan Sagmeister

Roman Mars is the host of 99% Invisible (http://99percentinvisible.org), a radio show exploring the 99% invisible activity all around us that shapes the design of our world. Produced with support from LUNAR, this is a project of KALW, the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco and the Center for Architecture and Design.

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Roman Mars

Scott Stowell is the proprietor of Open. Before starting Open, Scott was the art director of Benetton's Colors magazine in Rome and a senior designer at M&Co. New York. Before that, he received a BFA in graphic design from Rhode Island School of Design. A former vice president of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Scott also writes and lectures about design and teaches at Yale University and the School of Visual Arts. In 2008, the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum named Scott the winner of the National Design Award for Communication Design.

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Scott Stowell

Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Prior to joining Pentagram in 1990, he worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates. Bierut's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in, and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs.  (04.08.05)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/michael-bierut/8937/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Michael Bierut

ID magazine has called Stefan's work: "Distilled, intense, cunning, evocative and utterly complete. His inventions have set a new standard." A candid and revealing discussion with the master of design. (06.29.05)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/stefan-sagmeister/8967/

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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/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Paula Scher

Paul Sahre, graphic designer, illustrator, educator, author and editor, established his own design company in 1997. Consciously maintaining a small office, he has established a large presence in graphic design. His office is part design studio, part silkscreen lab, where he prints posters for various theatres, while on the other side of the office he designs book covers. (02.10.06)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/paul-sahre/8987/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Paul Sahre

Hillman Curtis could easily be called the Grandmaster of Flash, as he has literally defined the genre. He 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. (02.17.06)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/hillman-curtis/8997/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Hillman Curtis

Seth Godin is a bestselling author and entrepreneur, His books that have not only been worldwide bestsellers, they have changed the way people think about marketing, branding and business. (01.12.07) 

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/seth-godin/10167/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Seth Godin

A special interview about David Carson, featuring guest vocalist Simon Lince. (03.16.07)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/not-david-carson/9277/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Not David Carson

Round four of the Bad Boys of Design, includes Marc Alt, Mike Essl, Alberto Rigau and others. (06.15.07)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/bad-boys-of-design-iv/9387/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Bad Boys of Design IV

Shepard Fairey is a designer, illustrator and author of Supply and Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey and Shepard Fairey: Post No Bills. (06.29.07)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/shepard-fairey/9397/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Shepard Fairey

Allan Chochinov is a partner of Core77, a New York-based design network serving a global community of designers and design enthusiasts. He is the editor-in-chief of Core77.com, the widely read design website, Coroflot.com design job and portfolio site, and DesignDirectory.com design firm database. (05.01.09)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/allan-chochinov/9607/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Allan Chochinov

Gary Hustwit is an independent filmmaker based in New York and London. He has produced six feature documentaries and made his directorial debut with Helvetica, a documentary about graphic design and typography. In 2009 his second film Objectified was released to rave reviews. (05.08.09)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/gary-hustwit/9617/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Gary Hustwit

Dee Dee Gordon is a renowned youth-culture expert and trend researcher. Gordon’s research and reputation have been featured in numerous media outlets including Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, Vogue and The New York Times Magazine, who deemed her the interpreter of youth culture. Her work was featured on PBS’s Frontline Special Merchants of Cool. (05.15.09)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/dee-dee-gordon/9627/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Dee Dee Gordon

Dave Eggers writes about art and music for magazines, his design work has been featured in periodicals including Print and Eye, and in 2003, his design work for McSweeney's was featured in the National Design Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, and in the California Design Biennial. (05.22.09)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/dave-eggers/10157/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Dave Eggers

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/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Milton Glaser

Heather B. Armstrong is an American blogger who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes under the pseudonym of Dooce about her struggle with depression, entering a mental health hospital, as well as her pregnancies, parenthood and her experiences with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Armstrong was featured by Forbes magazine on its list of "The Most Influential Women In Media" for 2009. She is also the author of the books It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita (Gallery, 2010).

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Heather Armstrong discusses reconciling with her family after writing about them on her blog, documenting her relationship with her husband, growing up Mormon, her struggle with post-postpartum depression, taking photos of her dog Chuck and tweeting about her broken Maytag washing machine. (04.01.11)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Heather B. Armstrong

Grace Bonney is the creator of the popular blog Design*Sponge, which she started in 2004. The site features store and product reviews, city, product, and gift guides, diy projects, before & after furniture and home makeovers, home tours, recipes, videos and podcasts, and trend forecasting. She been called the “Martha Stewart Living for the Millennials” by The New York Times. She is also the author of the forthcoming book Design*Sponge at Home (Artisan).

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Grace Bonney discusses being a Phish follower, the future of print, the name "Design*Sponge," investing in and growing her site, shaking off the cute, being a hoarder, and the Design*Sponge scholarship program. (04.08.11)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Grace Bonney

Steve Frykholm has worked for Herman Miller for the last 40 years. He is the creative director and vice president of design for the National Design Award-winning furniture company. In an illustrious career he has worn many hats: designer, art director, artist and client. His work has been widely published and has been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and Danish Museum of Decorative Art. In 2010 he was award the AIGA Medal.

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Steve Frykholm discusses the ups and downs in his long career — and talks about an extraordinary series of posters he has made for the annual company picnic. (04.15.11)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Steve Frykholm

Dori Tunstall is a Design Anthropologist, meaning she tries to understand how the processes and artifacts of design help define what it mean to be human. Design Anthropology argues that by taking into account how others see and experience the world differently, products and services can be designed that work with people and nature rather than disrupt them. Dori is an Associate Professor of Design Anthropology at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia as well as Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Design. (10.07.11)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Dori Tunstall

Linda Tischler is a senior editor at Fast Company, where she writes about the intersection of business and design. For the past several years, she has been responsible for the magazine’s October “Master’s of Design” issue, which celebrates the people in the forefront of design thinking. She also oversees design coverage and blogs on Fastcompany.com, where she launched the site’s team of expert design bloggers, including Debbie Millman. She has also written on art and design for Metropolitan Home, the Boston Globe, Better Homes and Gardens, and Maybourne Style, and held editing and writing jobs at the Boston Herald and Microsoft’s sidewalk.com. (10.14.11)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Linda Tischler

Cheryl Heller is an American communication strategist, writer, and designer whose work focuses on using communication design to transform organizations into living systems. Cheryl Heller believes that communication design has a vital role to play in the creation of a sustainable future, and is determined to prove it. She has been profiled through articles in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, BusinessWeek, Graphis Magazine, and Communication Arts, is the recipient of countless awards from national and international creative competitions. Her work is included in the Library of Congress permanent collection, and has been published in numerous books on design and creativity. (2/10/12)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Cheryl Heller

Steven Heller is the co-chair of the Designer as Author MFA Program and co-founder of the MFA in design criticism program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is the editor, author or co-author of over 100 books on design, political art and popular culture. His website is Hellerbooks.com. (05.04.12)

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Steven Heller

Designer, author, critic, co-chair of SVA’s MFA program in design and National Design Award recipient Steven Heller talks to Debbie Millman about ideas from his new ebook, Design Cult: 25 Essays on Design Culture — the first of a series of three titles published exclusively as e-books through the DesignFile consortium from the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum. In Design Cult Heller expounds on such disparate topics as Milton Glaser, Japanese masks, velvet touch lettering, anthropomorphism and people in glass apartments. In this podcast, Steven and Debbie discuss how design is both a cult and culture, the dirty decade, the death of a trend and what designers have in common with Harvey Weinstien.

On Design Observer: observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/steven-heller/37737/

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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

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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