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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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    • 4.6 • 1.1K 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.

    Isaac Fitzgerald

    Isaac Fitzgerald

    Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, a coming of age memoir recounting his early years in Boston, an ongoing search for forgiveness, and a more expansive definition of family and self.

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Steven Heller and Nicolas Heller

    Steven Heller and Nicolas Heller

    One of the most influential art directors, design thinkers, and cultural critics of our time, Steven Heller, and his son Nicolas Heller, an acclaimed commercial director and documentarian, better known to his social media followers as New York Nico, join live at the AIGA Conference to talk about their remarkable careers and shared love for New York City.

    • 37 min
    Neville Brody

    Neville Brody

    Neville Brody is one of the most celebrated graphic designers of his generation—a leading typographer and internationally recognized art director and brand strategist. He joins to discuss his third monograph, which showcases projects from the last thirty years of his illustrious career.

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Stella Bugbee

    Stella Bugbee

    Former Editor-in-Chief and President of New York Magazine’s The Cut and current Styles Editor of The New York Times—Stella Bugbee joins to discuss her remarkable career in the media industry, covering fashion, beauty, and culture as a journalist, editor, and creative director.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran

    Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran

    Kip Thorne, Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in astrophysics, and Lia Halloran, multi-award-winning artist and photographer, join to talk about their cosmic collaboration—a book of poetry and paintings called “The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves.”

    • 1 hr 19 min
    Celeste Ng

    Celeste Ng

    Celeste Ng—New York Times bestselling author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts—joins a live audience to talk about her illustrious career exploring complex family dynamics and themes of identity, race, and culture.

    • 1 hr 5 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
1.1K Ratings

1.1K Ratings

Amanda Haley ,

Excellent Interviews with Fresh Perspective!

Debbie brings on the most fascinating guests to cover a myriad of topics, and she does it in such a captivating and professional way. She is an excellent interviewer and her show is definitely worth a listen!

LSGArt ,

My Favorite Podcast

I listen to a lot of podcasts as I create. Design Matters always leaves me feeling a little smarter and a lot more creative! Thank you!

The(medium)roast ,

My Design Inspiration GO TO

Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of my top favorite podcasts for feeling connected to the design community. It’s become a running joke in the office when the team sees me with my blue headphones on, they know I’m in the design podcast zone. The interviews and subjects discussed are Inspiring, interesting, moderated beautifully, with a million take aways — A must listen to if you’re a design geek like myself.

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