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Maria Popova is the editor of Brain Pickings (http://www.brainpickings.org), an inventory of cross-disciplinary interestingness and curiosity, bringing you things you didn’t know you were interested in — until you are. She has also written for Wired UK, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Nieman Journalism Lab, among others, and is an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow. 

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Maria discusses curation, creativity as pattern-recognition, growing up in Bulgaria, and her grandmother following her Google Alerts.

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Maria Popova

Join founders of influential design blogs for a discussion on the popularity of this new media. Rick Poyner from Design Observer, Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio from Speak Up, Jen Beckman from Unbeige and Adrian Hanft and Bennett Holzworth from Be A Design Group. (06.15.05)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/design-blogs-the-good-the-bad-and-the-nasty/8957/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Design Blogs- The Good, the Bad and

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/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Bad Boys of Design IV

Chip Kidd, Award-winning graphic designer, musician and author of the books The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters; Chip Kidd: Book One and The Learners: A Novel. (01.18.08) 

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/chip-kidd/9407/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Chip Kidd

To mark National Poetry Month, this episode of Design Matters is an all spoken word show: poetry, short stories, essays and prose. (04.24.08)

On Design Observer: http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/spoken-word-broadcast/10177/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Spoken Word Broadcast

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/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

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/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

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/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

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/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

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/

On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-matters-debbie-millman/id328074695

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Milton Glaser

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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