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Branding expert Carolina Rogoll talks about how to update a brand and why sabbaticals are a good idea.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Carolina Rogoll

Debbie Millman talks to artist and illustrator Oliver Jeffers, who explains how illustrating and writing children’s books has changed his fine art painting.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Oliver Jeffers

The latest verbal sparring match between Jessica Helfand and Michael Bierut. Are boxing and photography hipster pleasures? Are they past their prime, or do they have a bright future?
Plus: Michael on that time he got punched in the nose.

Episode 13: Knockout

Debbie Millman and James Victore discusses his book, Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss?, dropping out of SVA, teaching at SVA, putting his opinion in the work, getting a D from Paul Bacon and then apprenticing with him. Practicing cold-calls and the difference between God-jobs and money jobs.

Design Matters From The Archive: James Victore

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Tina Roth Eisenberg discusses her blog, sharing her life with her readers, things that make her smile, four-letter names, crowd sourcing, living and working in Brooklyn, Creative Mornings and the beauty found in ordinary things.

Design Matters From The Archive: Tina Roth Eisenberg

Mentioned: Milan, Mario Batali, Michelle Obama, Moshe Safdie, Modernism, MOO (our sponsor), Michael Erard, metaphor design, Macintosh icons, Massimo Vignelli, Material Design (moronic!), metastasis, mapping expectations of the future world against a reality that is myopic.

Episode 14: M Is for a Million Things

Artist and designer, Kelli Anderson, is a New Orleans native, who now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Kelli draws, photographs, cuts, prints, codes, and designs a variety of things for herself and others. From interactive paper to layered, experimental websites, everything is done in her studio, which houses a 1919 letterpress! Anderson was the digital collections photographer at the American Museum of Natural History, but stepped down to pursue her own artistic work. She is the recipient of the Ars Electronica Prix Award of Distinction. Kelli also teaches art history at Pratt, where she attended graduate school.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Kelli Anderson

Debbie Millman talks to Marian Bantjes about her daring typography and her highly ornamental designs.

Design Matters From The Archive: Marian Bantjes

Art, nostalgia, and community; Dannemora’s racist escape note; and Rachel Carson for the new $10.

Episode 15: Places and Faces

Debbie Millman talks to Rob Walker about the Sunggie and his fantasy branding project.

Design Matters From The Archive: Rob Walker

POPOS and the public: How private can public be?

(in)Fringe 05: Hushed Spaces

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

Debbie Millman talks to illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and author Caroline Paul about their unusually intimate collaboration on a book.

Design Matters From The Archive: Caroline Paul + Wendy MacNaughton

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

IKEA and Facebook efforts for refugees, e-reading, Adrian Frutiger, Phil Patton

Episode 20: Basic Human Needs

Debbie talks to author and entrepreneur Jonathan Fields on his previous careers as a lawyer and personal trainer, and on The Good Life. "The Good Life is not a place at which you arrive, it’s a lens through which you see and create."

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