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Bob Gill is a designer, an illustrator, a copywriter, a film-maker and a teacher. After freelancing in New York, he went to London on a whim in 1960 and stayed for fifteen years. He started Fletcher/Forbes/Gill, a design office with the two brightest designers in England. F/F/G began with two assistants and a secretary. Today, it's called Pentagram, with offices everywhere except Tibet. Gill returned to New York in 1975 to write and design Beatlemania. Gill has had one-man shows in Europe, South America, the Far East and in the US. He was elected to the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame and the Designers and Art Directors Association of London recently presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award.

Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Bob Gill

The first trademark for a sound in the United States was issued in 1978 to NBC for their chimes. MGM has a sound trademark for their roaring lion, as does 20th Century Fox for their trumpet fanfare. Harley Davidson tried to trademark the sound of their motorcycles, but after years of litigation, they finally withdrew their application.

Right now there are fewer than two hundred active trademarks for sounds. A surprisingly small number, considering sound has the power make—or break—a brand.

99% Invisible-148- The Sizzle

We live in a post-billiards age. There was an age of billiards, and it has been over for so long, most of us have no idea how huge billiards once was. For many decades, starting in the mid-19th Century, billiards was the one of the most popular amusements.

A hundred years ago, there were 830 pool halls in the city of Chicago. Today, there are ten.

Billiards is not what it used to be—but we continue to live in a world affected by its former prominence. The growth of billiards led to the development of a material that would come to define the modern world. Without billiards, we might never have discovered plastic.

99% Invisible-164- The Post-Billiards Age

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

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 talks to Timothy Goodman about how, after barely getting through high school, he went on to a very visible career that he is still in the process of defining. "I still don't consider myself an illustrator, it's weird....I consider myself a designer."

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Timothy Goodman

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

Debbie Millman talks to designer and AIGA president Su Mathews Hale about her efforts to bring more attention to female designers. "So it's not about celebrating them as women, but just, more awareness. There are women out there kicking ass, and people just aren't aware of it."

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Su Mathews Hale

EP XI — Max Dautresme, founder of Substance, a multi-disciplinary design studio in Hong Kong, Paris and Stockholm, discusses how Substance stays true to the craft of design while working with major clients and how they find inspiration in the downtime. 

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Hosted by Gabriel Stromberg
Edited by Corey Gutch
Mixed and Produced by Erik Blood
Intro music: “Reagan” by THEESatisfaction

Style and Substance — Max Dautresme

Israeli buses regularly make international headlines, be it for suicide bombings, fights over gender segregation, or clashes concerning Shabbat schedules. One particular ill-fated megastructure, however, has been at the nexus of various lesser-publicized conflicts: a building in Tel Aviv designed to be the largest bus station in the world.

This episode was originally produced for Israel Story, the English-language version of the popular Israeli radio program Sipur Israeli, which is distributed by PRX and produced in partnership with Tablet.

206- The White Elephant Of Tel Aviv

John Bielenberg is a designer, entrepreneur and imaginative advocate for a better world

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Debbie talks to performance artist Marina Abramović about her career, her art, and her incredible body of work.

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