Design Matters With Debbie Millman

Debbie highlights some of her favorite conversations of 2016, including Alison Bechdel, Alain de Botton, Lisa Congdon, Chris Anderson, Krista Tippet, Eileen Myles, and Amanda Palmer.

Debbie talks to Adam J. Kurtz about designing for psychological health. “I’m not going to change your life, I’m just going to share with you the tools that are helping me.”

Debbie talks to Cindy Gallop about her career in advertising and about the trouble people have communicating about sex.

Debbie talks to writer Tim Ferriss about the strategies he has used to change his life.

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

Debbie talks to designer Keira Alexandra about what to do when you need extras for a video shoot.

Debbie talks to architect Pierluigi Serraino about some of the things creative people have in common.

Debbie talks to Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney about her new book on women entrepreneurs and makers and about the necessity and difficulty of change.

Debbie talks to Stack Magazines founder Steven Watson about the passion behind the independent magazines that he loves.

Debbie talks to designer Bonnie Siegler about her career and about the conflict between designers and their clients.

Debbie talks to information designer Giorgia Lupi about data visualization and the data of our personal lives.

Debbie talks to Joe Hollier about an invention of his that is designed to bring back boredom in the era of the smartphone.

Debbie talks to artist and designer Kelli Anderson about her new pop-up book, This Book is a Planetarium, and about her collaboration with They Might Be Giants.

Debbie talks to type designer Tobias Frere-Jones about his career and why typefaces are like the air we breathe.

Debbie talks to writer and illustrator Maira Kalman about how ordinary objects inspire her art, and about her collaborations with the likes of Mark Morris and Isaac Mizrahi.

Debbie talks to psychology writer Maria Konnikova about her career and her fascination with con artists. She explains why so many people fall prey to confidence games.

Debbie talks to Roz Chast about how she earned a coveted spot as a cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, and how her art is informed by the brutal reality of life.

Debbie talks to Timothy Goodman about how, after barely getting through high school, he went on to a very visible career that he is still in the process of defining.

On this episode, Debbie talks to Tiffany Shlain about her films, about starting the Webby Awards, and about the growing presence of technology in our lives.

Debbie talks to photographer Brandon Stanton about his ongoing project “Humans of New York” and why total strangers open up to him.