Design Matters With Debbie Millman

Debbie talks to artist and filmmaker Mike Mills about his career and his formative influences.

Debbie talks to artist Deborah Kass about her long and extraordinary career.

Debbie Millman talks to writer Kenny Fries about living with, and writing about disability.

Debbie talks to novelist Emma Donoghue about gender, race, and the value of fiction.

Debbie talks to therapist and author Esther Perel about marriage, polyamory, and adultry.

Debbie talks to author and researcher Brené Brown about belonging, courage, and vulnerability.

Debbie talks to director Thomas Kail about his career and about the joys of collaboration.

Debbie talks to James Victore about his apprenticeship in graphic design, about the role of opinion in his work, and about his suspicions of surface beauty and polish.

Debbie Millman talks to Marian Bantjes about her daring typography and her highly ornamental design.

Debbie talked to Massimo Vignelli about his favorite typeface, his fight against vulgarity and meaningless design, and what he means by forceful design.

Debbie talked to Massimo Vignelli about his favorite typeface, his fight against vulgarity and meaningless design, and what he means by forceful design.

Debbie talks to Billions show runner Brian Koppelman about why he became a writer after years as a record promoter and producer.

Debbie talks to poet Eileen Myles about poetry, fame, and politics.

Debbie talks to Cindy Gallop about her career in advertising and about the trouble people have communicating about sex. “People therefore find it bizarrely difficult to talk about sex with the people they’re having it with while they are actually having it.”

Debbie Millman talks to Adam J. Kurtz about designing for psychological health.

Debbie talks to Gail Bichler about magazine design and the role of the magazine cover in the digital age.

Debbie talks to Alison Bechdel about how identifying herself as a lesbian when she was young led her into a career as a cartoonist.

Debbie talks to Anil Dash about politics, technology, and culture.

Debbie talks to writer Caroline Paul about her death-defying adventures, and how girls must learn the difference between fear and exhilaration.

Debbie Millman talks to Chris Anderson about how the TED conference has helped changed the way we learn.