Design Matters With Debbie Millman

Debbie talks to Alain de Botton about love and sex.

Debbie talks to designer Bonnie Siegler about her career and about the conflict between designers and their clients. "The clients aren’t the problem, the clients aren’t jerks, they’re not assholes, it’s not that they have bad taste, or anything like that. Sometimes they just have no idea how to interact with professional creative people."

Debbie talks to composer Nico Muhly about his music and about the musicians who interpret it. "I always feel like they appreciate something that’s detailed on the page to indicate that I know what I’m talking about, but with room for them to continue the conversation when I’m dead."

On this podcast Debbie talks to Krista Tippet about her religious orientation, her struggle with depression, and about why it’s so hard to understand our historical moment.

On this podcast Debbie talks to Amanda Palmer about her wild and wandering path to the rock stage, and about how behind her artistic ambition is the drive to feel real.

On this podcast Debbie talks to Steven Heller about his attitude when he was a young designer.

Debbie talks to Brian Collins about why designers shouldn’t think of themselves as mere problem solvers.

DJ Stout is a sixth generation Texan, award-winning designer, and partner at Pentagram.

On this podcast Debbie talks to playwright Sarah Jones about her relationship with her characters.

Debbie talks to poet Elizabeth Alexander about the journey of her extraordinary life and how death makes us think about what we truly value.

On this episode Debbie talks to Jonathan Adler about how his pottery defined his aesthetic.

Debbie talks to Connie Birdsall about designing some of the most successful brands of our time and what to do when a meeting with clients is not going well.

On this podcast Debbie talks to Rochelle Udell about her very creative professional life.

On this podcast Debbie talks to Mike Rigby about his international career in design and branding and how to stay creatively engaged.

Debbie talks to Su Matthews Hale about her efforts to bring more attention to female designers

On this episode Debbie talks to artist + writer Sam Winston about his life-long fascination with type.

On this podcast Debbie talks to Nicholas Blechman about the importance of political satire.

Debbie talks to Seth Godin about how to live in our difficult political moment.

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

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