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Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives.

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    • Arts
    • 4.7 • 27 Ratings

Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives.

    Judy Chicago

    Judy Chicago

    During her often tumultuous, challenging, and sometimes controversial career, Judy Chicago pioneered Feminist art and art education. She joins to talk about her memoir Revelations, a radical retelling of human history in the form of an illuminated manuscript.

    • 50 min
    Brooke Hopper

    Brooke Hopper

    Principal Designer at Adobe, speaker, and champion for artists, Brooke Hopper’s passion is designing better experiences for some of the most talented people in the world. She joins live at SXSW to discuss the role of machine intelligence and new technologies in creativity.

    • 52 min
    Anne Morriss and Frances Frei

    Anne Morriss and Frances Frei

    Anne Morriss and Frances Frei are best-selling authors and among the world’s most influential thinkers, speakers, and advisors. Their clients range from Fortune 10 companies to tech founders to political leaders working to build national competitiveness. They join to talk about their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, outlining a practical process leaders can implement to drive change.

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Kathleen Hanna

    Kathleen Hanna

    Punk singer, artist, and the front-woman of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has spent the last three decades as a trailblazer in the punk feminist movement. She joins guest host Roxane Gay to talk about her new memoir and storied career making art and music. 

    • 42 min
    Adam Moss

    Adam Moss

    Adam Moss is widely known as one of the great magazine editors of his generation, remaking and reshaping The New York Times and New York magazine into the most significant print and digital publications of our time. He joins to discuss his illustrious career as an author, editor, and artist.

    • 1 hr
    Suzan-Lori Parks

    Suzan-Lori Parks

    Named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Innovators for the Next New Wave,” Suzan-Lori Parks is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog. She joins to discuss her long and illustrious career as a playwright, musician, and novelist.

    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
27 Ratings

27 Ratings

Heena Pari ,

Inspiring

I have been listening to Design Matters for a few years and I absolutely love it! Debbie draws us in along with her in to the lives of some really amazing creatives out there. It’s my go to podcast for inspiration. Highly recommend!

HarshitaPJ ,

Truly remarkable show to get an insight into design'globally'

I had the honor to hear Debbie Millman speak in India in 2012 and I absolutely fell I love with her. The way she weaved the entire seminar and she knew every designer - their style - their characteristics - their defining points! She was and is perfect to his such a show.

Now to the show, I have been hearing to the episodes on and off. What's amazing is the work/project references given during the show. If you actually just Google the works being mentioned by the speaker, alongside the podcast, it feels like you're in a design class and it couldn't be with a better teacher! Must hear!

Apurva pandhi ,

Just like a friend

Its really amazing listening to all the designers from all around the world. There is so much you can relate, to inspire, to motivate. For every individual designer... It's like having a friend at the other end.

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