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Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

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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Today · 1 hr 14 min
Platon & Scott Dadich Part Two
Renowned portrait photographer Platon and acclaimed designer, editor, and filmmaker Scott Dadich return for part two of their conversation, sharing behind-the-scenes stories from photographing some of the world's most influential figures, from presidents to cultural icons. They also discuss their deeply personal new book, Paros, and a new venture focused on helping leaders navigate complex decisions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
October 26 · 1 hr 2 min
Platon & Scott Dadich Part One
Renowned portrait photographer Platon and acclaimed designer, editor, and filmmaker Scott Dadich have spent more than 25 years collaborating to create some of the most compelling imagery in contemporary culture. Part one of their conversation focuses on Platon's journey from a childhood in Greece to photographing some of the world's most powerful figures and the human stories behind his portraits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
October 19 · 1 hr 17 min
Debra McGuire
Acclaimed costume designer Debra McGuire has helped shape some of television and film's most iconic looks, from Friends and The Morning Show to Anchorman and Idiocracy. She joins to discuss her remarkable journey through art, fashion, and Hollywood, the creative collaborations that shaped her career, and her new book, Dressing the Story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
October 12 · 59 min
Craig Elimeliah
Craig Elimeliah—Chief Creative Officer of the global creative and technology agency Code and Theory—is a creative leader whose work has pushed the boundaries of design, technology, advertising, and culture. He joins to discuss his unconventional path into design, the early days of the internet, and how artificial intelligence is reshaping creativity, authorship, and the future of design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
October 5 · 1 hr 14 min
Françoise Mouly
Françoise Mouly—legendary longtime art editor of The New Yorker and co-founder of the groundbreaking comics magazine RAW—has helped transform the possibilities of comics, illustration, and visual storytelling. She joins to discuss her career shaping more than three decades of New Yorker covers, why the future of art still depends on human curiosity and lived experience, and her new book, The New Yorker: From Cover to Cover. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
September 28 · 1 hr 11 min
Best of Design Matters: Ada Limón
Ada Limón—24th U.S. Poet Laureate and author of seven poetry books, including The Carrying and Bright Dead Things—joins to discuss her new book, Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry, her childhood between two homes, her deep sensitivity to the natural world, and how poetry became a way to make sense of life’s strangeness, loss, and love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
September 21 · 1 hr 17 min
Best of Design Matters: Kim Hastreiter
Kim Hastreiter—co-founder and longtime editor of Paper magazine—joins to reflect on a life at the center of downtown New York’s art, fashion, and nightlife, from scrappy newsprint beginnings to the cover that “broke the internet.” She also discusses her memoir, Stuff: A New York Life of Cultural Chaos, and why artists must document culture before it’s rewritten. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
September 14 · 1 hr 20 min
Best of Design Matters: Lidia Yuknavitch
Lidia Yuknavitch is the bestselling author of The Chronology of Water, Reading the Waves, and The Big M, and a writer whose work blurs genre to explore themes of memory, embodiment, grief, and transformation. She joins to discuss her childhood, her early life as a competitive swimmer, the film adaptation of The Chronology of Water directed by Kristen Stewart, and how storytelling can reshape the narratives we carry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
September 7 · 1 hr 14 min
Best of Design Matters: Gloria Steinem
For over sixty years, Gloria Steinem has been at the center of American culture and political life, where she has been instrumental in shaping our ideas about feminism, humanity, and equal rights for all people. She joins to talk about her legendary career as an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, co-founder of one of the most significant magazines of the 21st century, and an activist whose work has impacted the place women and girls now have in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 31 · 1 hr 11 min
Best of Design Matters: C. Thi Nguyen
C. Thi Nguyen—philosopher, professor, and author of Games: Agency as Art—joins to discuss his new book, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game, and how metrics, from grades to likes, quietly reshape what we value and who we become. Together, they explore games as “libraries of agency,” the allure of scoring systems, and the vital question: Is this the game you really want to be playing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 24 · 1 hr 1 min
Best of Design Matters: Suzanne Vega
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega reflects on her pioneering career, the artistry behind her storytelling, and the lasting cultural impact of songs like “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner.” She joins to discuss her new album, Flying with Angels, which poignantly captures the struggles and resilience of our time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 17 · 1 hr 22 min
Best of Design Matters: Lulu Miller
Lulu Miller is a Peabody Award–winning journalist, co-host of Radiolab, founder of the podcast Terrestrials, and author of the acclaimed book Why Fish Don’t Exist. She joins to discuss her career at the intersection of science, philosophy, and storytelling, inviting us to question how we understand the world and our place within it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 10 · 1 hr 24 min
Best of Design Matters: Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss is a five-time New York Times bestselling author, a legendary podcaster with over a billion downloads, a prolific angel investor, and a relentless experimenter. During his fourth visit to Design Matters, he shares the story behind Coyote, a new card game he’s quietly been crafting—and the mindset that brought it to life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 3 · 1 hr 1 min
Best of Design Matters: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Quiara Alegría Hudes is a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, composer, and novelist whose work has reshaped contemporary American theater. The co-creator of In the Heights and author of Water by the Spoonful, she has consistently explored identity, family, and belonging across theater, music, memoir, and now fiction in her new book, The White Hot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 27 · 1 hr 3 min
Best of Design Matters: Dr. Joy Buolamwini
Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist and a poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She joins to discuss her career as the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, her best-selling book Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines, and her featured role in the acclaimed Netflix documentary Coded Bias. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 20 · 42 min
Best of Design Matters: James Dyson
James Dyson is a visionary inventor, designer, educator, and founder of Dyson, a global company transforming ordinary household appliances into design and engineering marvels. He joins to discuss his iconic career, the role of failure in the creative process, and how good design can reshape the way we live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 13 · 43 min
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox—best known for her groundbreaking role as Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black—is an Emmy-winning actor, producer, advocate, and one of the defining cultural figures of our time. She joins live at the Pride Book Fair in New York City to discuss her new memoir, Transcendent, reflecting on what it means to survive, heal, and become more fully yourself in a world determined to define you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 6 · 1 hr 22 min
Craig Mod
Craig Mod is a writer, photographer, designer, and publisher whose work is rooted in attention—to the roads he walks, the books he creates, and the ways technology shapes our experience of the world. He joins to discuss his memoir Things Become Other Things and how memory, loss, and the paths we travel, both literal and emotional, shape the stories we tell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 29 · 1 hr 8 min
Piera Gelardi
Piera Gelardi is a creative entrepreneur, writer, New York Times bestselling author, and co-founder of Refinery29, the media company that helped redefine digital media for a generation of women. She joins to discuss her new book, The Playful Way, which explores how play, curiosity, and creativity can help us navigate work, relationships, and everyday life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 22 · 1 hr 1 min
Maria Popova
Maria Popova is the creator of The Marginalian, where for two decades she has traced the connections between science and poetry, astronomy and love, nature and consciousness, all while building a body of work animated by wonder and rigor. She joins to discuss her new book Traversal, the search for meaning in an indifferent universe, and what poetry, astronomy, love, and wonder can teach us about being alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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