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02.17.12

James Biber
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, James Biber discusses growing up in a house with a womb chair, visual illiteracy, the global impact of Waffle House design and designing the Museum of Sex.
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02.10.12

Cheryl Heller
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Cheryl Heller discusses collaboration, innovation, her new MFA program at SVA and why the word "brand" is like leather pants.
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02.03.12

Erik Spiekermann
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Erik Spiekermann discusses why numbers are harder to design than letters, finding his print shop burned to the ground and why he's trying to get out of work.
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12.16.11

Martin Venezky
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Martin Venezky discusses his job as a coupon designer and his journey to becoming one of the design innovators of our time.
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12.09.11

Peter Mendelsund
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Peter Mendelsund discusses how he became a book designer and his fear of the Kindle and iPad.
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12.02.11

Andrew Gibbs
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Andrew Gibbs discusses his love of packaging, the role brands play in people's lives, his blog the Dieline.
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11.18.11

Brian Rea
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Brian Rea discusses the value of being rejected, art directing for The New York Times and his fascination with UFOs.
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11.11.11

John Hockenberry
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, John Hockenberry discusses his morning NPR news show The Takeaway, journalism in the age of social-media, Steve Jobs and sex.
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11.04.11

Design Army
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Jake and Pum Lefebure of Design Army discuss how they met, the importance of sketching and keeping their firm small.
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10.28.11

Margaret Roach
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Margaret Roach discusses her career with Martha Stewart and her love of gardening.
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10.14.11

Linda Tischler
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Linda Tischler discusses failing her new year's resolutions, why the word “design” turns off business perfessionals and her new book.
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10.07.11

Dori Tunstall
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Dori Tunstall discusses branding through the lens of a Design Anthropologist.
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09.30.11

Alex Bogusky and John Bielenberg
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Alex Bogusky and John Bielenberg discuss branding, global warming, and impact entrepreneurs.
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09.23.11

Jessica Hische
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Jessica Hische discusses her attachment to the internet, the differences between being a letterer and a type designer and working for Louise Fili.
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09.16.11

Michael Arad
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Michael Arad, discusses the World Trade Center Memorial.
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08.19.11

Celebrations of Curious Characters: Dickens the Magician
A selection of recorded broadcasts read and authored by Ricky Jay — brought to you along with the visual catalyst that inspired its tale. The last of four installments.
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08.12.11

Celebrations of Curious Characters: Taking it on the Chin
A recorded broadcast read and authored by Ricky Jay — along with the visual catalyst that inspired its tale. The third of four installments.
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08.05.11

Celebrations of Curious Characters: Twins
Design Observer is pleased to share a selection of recorded broadcasts, all read and authored by Ricky Jay — brought to you along with the visual catalyst that inspired its tale. This is the second of four installments.
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07.29.11

Celebrations of Curious Characters: Calculations
A recorded broadcast read and authored by Ricky Jay — brought to you along with the visual catalyst that inspired its tale. First of four installments.
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07.08.11

Angus Hyland
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Angus Hyland discusses the peace sign, Deutsche Bank, the play button, the London Olympics and his new book.
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05.13.11

Alissa Walker
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Alissa Walker discusses, her experience in advertising and how it led her to writing, her love affair with LA, walking, biking, giving up driving and of course, gelato.
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04.22.11

Jennifer Morla
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, meet artist and designer Jennifer Morla...
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04.15.11

Steve Frykholm, Herman Miller
Steve Frykholm has worked for Herman Miller for the last 40 years. In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, he discusses the ups and downs in his long career with the National Design Award-winning furniture company.
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04.08.11

Grace Bonney
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Grace Bonney discusses being a Phish follower, shaking off the cute and Design*Sponge scholarship program.
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04.01.11

Heather B. Armstrong
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Heather Armstrong discusses reconciling with her family after writing about them on her blog, taking photos of her dog Chuck and tweeting about her broken Maytag washing machine.
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03.25.11

Dominique Browning
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Dominique Browning discusses her tenure as Editor in Chief at House & Garden, her recent book, Slow Love, and the effects of love on a stuffed animal.
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03.11.11

Jonathan Ford
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Jonathan Ford discusses going on eighteen job interviews before being hired by Michael Peters, his belief that a good idea cannot come from a computer and the importance of doing work that is truthful.
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03.04.11

Eddie Opara
In this audio with Debbie Millman, Eddie Opara discusses being educated by Jesuits, creating the Brooklyn Museum brand at 2x4, and working at Pentagram.
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02.25.11

Alina Wheeler
In this podcast with Debbie Millman, Alina Wheeler discusses branding, strategic imagination, Gap logo fiasco, clients, and her new book, co-authored with Joel Katz, Brand Atlas.
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02.23.11

Gail Anderson
In this podcast with Debbie Millman, Gail Anderson discusses making little magazines as a child, having Paula Scher as a teacher, her first job at Vintage, working at Rolling Stone for fifteen years and what the next chapter in her life holds.
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02.11.11

Kate Betts
In this podcast with Debbie Millman, Kate Betts discusses what it means for First Lady Michelle Obama to be a style icon, the visual image she projects, her sculpted arms, and the inevitable comparisons and differences between her and Jackie Kennedy.
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02.04.11

Rob Walker
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Rob Walker discusses his interest in death and how our digital records remain online, and the wish to brand the idea of "be happy for what you have."
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12.17.10

James Victore
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, James Victore discusses his book, putting his opinion in the work, practicing cold-calls and  the difference between God-jobs and money jobs.
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12.10.10

Alexandra Lange and Jane Thompson
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Alexandra Lange and Jane Thompson discuss their new book, the store Design Research, creating the power of imagination, Marimekko, Sir Lady Jane and Benjamin Thompson.
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12.03.10

Steven Heller
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Steven Heller discusses his new book Pop: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture, blogging from the bathroom, working with Patti Smith, Paul Rand's tombstone and, of course, writing.
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11.19.10

Alexander Isley
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Alexander Isley discusses his mom, learning presentation from Tibor Kalman, the effort it takes to make things seem effortless and believing that people are inherently good.
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11.12.10

Kate Bingaman-Burt
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Kate Bingaman-Burt discusses Obsessive Consumption, the designer as reporter, being in debt, feeling useful and making something everyday.
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11.05.10

Marian Bantjes
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Marian Bantjes discusses her new book, I Wonder, hanging out and blogging on Speak Up, ornament, secrets, cipher, coded text and causing pain to type purists.
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10.29.10

Ralph Caplan
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Ralph Caplan discusses the difference between making things right as a designer as opposed to making things nice, the civil rights movement and the responsibility of the designer.
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10.22.10

Tina Roth Eisenberg
In this podcast 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.
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10.15.10

Bill Moggridge
In this podcast with Debbie Millman, Bill Moggridge discusses, the future of the laptop, technology, human-centered design and plans for future work at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt.
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10.12.10

Milton Glaser Podcast Interview
Podcast interview with Milton Glaser, graphic designer, illustrator, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and 2010 recipient of the National Medal of Arts.
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10.08.10

Eric Baker

In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Eric Baker discusses working with Gorden Parks, living in New York City, the soul of a brand, Paul Rand and working for himself.


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09.24.10

Stephen Doyle
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Stephen Doyle discusses working for Tibor Kalman, renting his soul to the devil, fear of failure, magazines and working with his hands.
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09.17.10

Massimo Vignelli
Vignelli Celebration: Season premiere of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, a podcast interview with Massimo Vignelli.
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11.19.09

Stefan Sagmeister
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Stefan Sagmeister 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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10.12.09

Tim Brown
In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, Tim Brown reviews his career at IDEO, explores the impact of design processes (drawing and storytelling), as well as discussing his new book, Change By Design.
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08.18.09

Teddy Blanks on Figurines
Significant Objects is a much-discussed experiment conducted by Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker. This story by Teddy Blanks is recorded as an MP3...
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08.17.09

William Drenttel and Julie Lasky
William Drenttel, editorial director of Design Observer, and Julie Lasky, editor of Change Observer, discuss the new Design Observer, Change Observer, the state of online media, and the end of print.
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05.22.09

Dave Eggers
Founder of McSweeny's and author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity! and What Is The What.
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05.15.09

Dee Dee Gordon
Dee Dee Gordon, renowned youth culture expert. Featured on PBS's Frontline Special Merchants of Cool.
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05.08.09

Gary Hustwit
Gary Hustwit, independent filmmaker, has produced six feature documentaries, including Helvetica.
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05.01.09

Allan Chochinov
Allan Chochinov, editor-in-chief of Core77, Coroflot.com and DesignDirectory.com.
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04.10.09

Dan Pink
Dan Pink is an entrepreneur, speaker and author.
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04.03.09

Daniel Formosa
Daniel Formosa, Ph.D. is a consultant in product design and research, and a founder of Smart Design.
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03.20.09

Gong Szeto
Gong Szeto, director of design and product design at Peak6 Investment.
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02.27.09

Patrick Coyne
Patrick Coyne, editor of Communication Arts, with special guests Milton Glaser and Cheryl Heller.
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02.20.09

Natalia Ilyin
Natalia Ilyin is a design critic and educator.
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02.13.09

Joe Duffy & Nate Voss
Nate Voss interviews Joe Duffy, creative director, whose clients include: Aveda, Coca-Cola and Sony.
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02.06.09

Steve Heller & Lita Talerico
Lita Talarico and Steven Heller, co-founders of the MFA Design as Author program at SVA (School of Visual Arts).
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01.16.09

Neville Brody
Neville Brody, British designer and art director, has been at the forefront of design for two decades.
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01.09.09

Jessica Helfand
Jessica Helfand is a partner at Winterhouse and author of Scrapbooks: An American History.
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04.24.08

Spoken Word Broadcast
All spoken word show featuring poems, prose and a short story.
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04.18.08

Robynne Raye & Michael Straussberger
Robynne Raye & Michael Straussberger are graphic designers and co-founder of the acclaimed firm Modern Dog.
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04.11.08

Michael Hodgson
All music show with DJ and designer Michael Hodgson, co-founder of the design firm Ph.D.
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03.28.08

Abbott Miller
Abbott Miller, partner at Pentagram and art director of 2wice magazine.
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03.14.08

Laurie Rosenwald
Laurie Rosenwald is a graphic designer, artist, illustrator, writer, television actress and author.
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03.07.08

Gordon Hull
An all music show with DJ and designer Gordon Hull, co-founder of the firm Surface to Air.
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02.29.08

Stefan Bucher
Stefan Bucher is a graphic designer, illustrator and author, and creator of the Daily Monster.
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02.22.08

Petrula Vrontikis
Petrula Vrontikis is a graphic designer and educator at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.
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02.15.08

Jonah Lehrer
Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large for Seed Magazine, and contributor to NPR's Radio.
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02.08.08

Vaughan Oliver
Vaughan Oliver is a graphic designer, artist and author.
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02.01.08

Kurt Andersen
Kurt Andersen is an award-winning journalist, author and host of the Peabody-winning NPR program Studio 360.
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01.25.08

Eric Kandel
Eric Kandel is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and professor at Columbia University.
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01.18.08

Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd, award-winning book designer, musician and author.
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06.29.07

Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey is a designer and illustrator and author of Supply and Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey.
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06.15.07

Bad Boys of Design IV
Designers Marc Alt, Mike Essl, Alberto Rigau and others.
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06.08.07

Josh Liberson & Ethan Trask
Josh Liberson and Ethan Trask are the designers and founders of the firm Helicopter.
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06.01.07

Alan Dye
Alan Dye is the creative director at Apple, previously he was the design director at Kate Spade.
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05.25.07

Jan Wilker & Hjalti Karlsson
Jan Wilker & Hjalti Karlsson of karlssonwilker are designers and authors of Tell Me Why.
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05.18.07

Alice Twemlow
Alice Twemlow is a design critic, SVA educator and author of What Is Graphic Design For?
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05.11.07

Luke Hayman
Luke Hayman is a designer and partner at Pentagram Design.
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04.20.07

Janet Froelich
Janet Froelich, former creative director at The New York Times Magazine, is currently design director at Real Simple.
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04.13.07

Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger is an artist whose work has been exhibited in major museums throughout the world.
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04.06.07

Jeffrey Keyton
Jeffrey Keyton is the senior vice president, On-Air Design and Off-Air Creative, MTV.
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03.30.07

Luba Lukova
Luba Lukova is a designer and illustrator.
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03.23.07

Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman, a remarkable, magical, designer, illustrator, educator, author and national treasure.
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03.16.07

Not David Carson
A special interview about David Carson, featuring guest vocalist Simon Lince.
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03.09.07

Jakob Trollback
Jakob Trollback is a designer, filmmaker and DJ.
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03.02.07

Andrea Deszo
Andrea Deszo is a designer, artist and educator.
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02.23.07

Minda Gralnek
Minda Gralnek is the executive vice president, creative at the Target Corporation.
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02.16.07

Marty Neumeier
Marty Neumeier is a brand consultant and author of Brand Gap, Zag and The Brand Dictionary.
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02.09.07

Elliott Earls
Elliott Earls, designer, performance artist, and head of graphic design at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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02.02.07

Doyald Young
Doyald, typographer and author of The Art of the Letter and Logotypes.
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01.26.07

Designers, Writers & Magazines
Joyce Rutter Kaye of Print; Michela Abrahms, of Dwell; Barbara DeWilde of House Beautiful; Laetitia Wolff of Surface.
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01.19.07

Ze Frank
Ze Frank is a writer, designer and host of The Ze Frank Show.
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01.12.07

Seth Godin
Seth Godin is the author of Purple Cow and All Marketers Are Liars.
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01.05.07

Malcolm Gladwell & Joyce Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell, author New York Times bestseller The Outliers and Joyce Gladwell, author of Brown Face.
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06.30.06

John Maeda
John Maeda, was head of the MIT Media Lab, and currently is president of Rhode Island School of Design.
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06.23.06

Steve Sikora, Thomas R. Wright and Charlie Lazor
Steve Sikora, Thomas R. Wright and Charlie Lazor, talk pre-fab houses and modern design.
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06.16.06

Stanley Hainsworth
Stanley Hainsworth, former Design Director at Starbucks, currently founder of Tether in Seattle.
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06.09.06

Paola Antonelli
Paola Antonelli is a curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art.
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06.02.06

Ann Willoughby
Ann Willoughby is the creative director of Willoughby Design Group.
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05.26.06

William Lunderman
William Lunderman is the Vice President, Global Design, Colgate-Palmolive Company.
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05.19.06

Todd Pruzan & Sam Potts
Todd Pruzan is an editor and writer, and Sam Potts is designer and writer.
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05.12.06

Gael Towey
Gael Towey is the editor and founding creative director at Martha Stewart Living.
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05.05.06

Bad Boys of Design III
This group of Bad Boy designers are: Josh Chen, Manuel Toscano, Alan Dye and Layne Braunstein.
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04.28.06

Brian Collins
Brian Collins, led the brand innovation division of Ogilvy & Mather and then founded Collins.
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04.21.06

Ed Fella
Ed Fella, artist and graphic designer whose work has influenced contemporary typography and art.
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04.14.06

Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel
Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel work in partnership at Winterhouse and are founders of Design Observer.
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04.07.06

Steven Heller & Veronique Vienne
Veronique Vienne, writer, and Steven Heller, art director and author, talk books.
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03.31.06

Art Chantry
Over a few decades, Art s ideas and personal style have branded the look of popular culture
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03.24.06

Peter Buchanan-Smith
Peter Buchanan-Smith, founder of Buchanan-Smith LLC and the author of Speck and The Wilco Book.
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03.17.06

Kenneth FitzGerald
Kenneth FitzGerald, artist, witer, and educator at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
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03.10.06

Christoph Niemann
Christoph Niemann, New York based illustrator and humorist.
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03.03.06

Grant McCracken
Grant McCracken PhD, author and a research affiliate at MIT.
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02.24.06

Carin Goldberg
Carin Goldberg was a staff designer at CBS before establishing her own firm, Carin Goldberg Design.
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02.17.06

Hillman Curtis
Hillman Curtis, motion graphic designer: clients include MTV, Rolling Stone and Adobe.
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02.10.06

Paul Sahre
Paul Sahre, graphic designer and illustrator.
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02.03.06

Bill Grant
Bill Grant, founder of the Grant Design Collaborative in Atlanta.
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01.27.06

Jonathan Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones
Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones, work with brand leaders, developing original typefaces.
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01.20.06

Ellen Lupton
Ellen Lupton, writer, graphic designer and a curator of contemporary design at the Cooper-Hewitt.
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01.13.06

Rick Valicenti
Rick Valicenti, founder of the design firm Thirst and author of the book Emotion As Promotion.
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01.06.06

Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd, award-winning book designer, musician and author.
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08.12.05

Emily Oberman
Emily Oberman, senior designer at M&Co, now partner of Number Seventeen, a New York design firm.
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08.05.05

Bad Boys of Design II
A new group of (very) bad boys: Rodrigo Corral, Marc English, Tan Le, Bennett Peji, Felix Sockwell and John Zapolski
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07.15.05

Paula Scher
Paula Scher, co-founded Koppel & Scher in the 1970s and is now a partner at Pentagram.
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06.29.05

Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister, a candid and revealing discussion with the design master.
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06.24.05

Andrew Geller, Alastair Gordon & Jake Gorst
Andrew Geller, Alastair Gordon and Jake Gorst, talk about Jake's documentary Leisurama.
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06.17.05

David Barringer
David Barringer, talks about his new book and his views on the state of graphic design today.
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06.15.05

Design Blogs: The Good, the Bad and the Nasty
Rick Poyner, Armin Vit, Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Jen Beckman, Adrian Hanft and Bennett Holzworth, talk blogging.
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06.10.05

Eames Demetrios
Eames Demetrios, grandson of Charles and Ray Eames, discusses new innovations from the "House of Eames."
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06.03.05

Sean Adams & Noreen Morioka
Sean Adams & Noreen Morioka: their client list includes MTV, VH1, Sundance and Nickelodeon.
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04.22.05

Live From Las Vegas with Rossi Ralenkotter
Rossi Ralenkotter, President/CEO for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Susan Benjamin, Emmy Award nominated Set Designer.
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04.15.05

Brand Consulting
A discussion about branding, design and cultural anthropology with leading practitioners in each discipline.
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04.08.05

Michael Bierut
Michael Bierut, Pentagram partner, started at Vignelli Associates.
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04.01.05

Marian Bantjes, Alexander Gelman & Michael Surtees
Marian Bantjes, typographer, Alexander Gelman, designer extraordinaire & Michael Surtees of DesignNotes.
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03.18.05

Grant McCracken, Part 2
Grant McCracken PhD, author and a research affiliate at MIT.
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03.11.05

Grant McCracken, Part 1
Grant McCracken PhD, author and a research affiliate at MIT.
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03.04.05

Steven Heller
Steven Heller, art director, educator and author of over 100 books on design.
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03.01.05

Bad Boys of Design
Designers Michael Ian Kaye, Mark Kingsley, Petter Ringbom, James Victore and Armin Vit.
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02.11.05

Cheryl Swanson
Cheryl Swanson, founder of Toniq, applies her background in anthropology and psychology to branding.
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