Name: Episode 8: Land, Rand, Mad Men by Design Observer in Design Matters
Duration: 25 min 14 s
Description: Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand talk about a panel they participated in at "Everything Is Design", the Paul Rand exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, plus the return of Mad Men and the fate of photography giants Kodak and Polaroid.

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To launch the 10th season of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Isaac Mizrahi about why he loves fashion and why he does so many things outside of fashion.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Isaac Mizrahi

Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand talk about a panel they participated in at "Everything Is Design", the Paul Rand exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, plus the return of Mad Men and the fate of photography giants Kodak and Polaroid.

Episode 8: Land, Rand, Mad Men

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

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Debbie Millman talks to Michael Arad about the process of design — "I think design is a process, it's about constraints, and its about responding to these constraints creatively, but without losing the vision of what you are trying to do."

Design Matters From The Archive: Michael Arad

Debbie Millman talks to Design Observer co-founder Michael Bierut about why he thinks graphic design is so cool: It all goes back to high school and designing the poster for the school play, "There were other people acting in the play, and that's one way to go, I suppose, but doing the poster for the play, my god..."

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Michael Bierut

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.”

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Mike Rigby

Neri Oxman leads the Mediated Matter research group at the MIT Media Lab.

S2E2: Neri Oxman

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

Bobby C. Martin, Jr., is a founding partner of the agency OCD | The Original Champions of Design.

S2E3: Bobby C Martin Jr

Peter York on autocrat chic, Sunday in the Park with George, BBC interview with Robert Kelly, Jessica Dimmock’s The Convention

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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

David Rockwell is the founder and president of the architecture and design firm the Rockwell Group and a theatrical set designer.

S2E5: David Rockwell

#trypod, Dan Brown cover contest, Design in Tech, writing for designers, The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, Wes Anderson’s Bar Luce

Episode 53: On Writing Well

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

@the-observatory-1: Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand on design, current events, and current enthusiasms.

@designmatters with Debbie Millman: thought-provoking conversations with industry-leading graphic designers, change agents, artists, writers, and educators. 

Episode 8: Land, Rand, Mad Men

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