On this special episode of Design Matters, we take a look back at the collective brilliance of filmmakers interviewed in 2023. Best of Design Matters 2023 with Siân Heder, Sarah Polley, and Kyra Sedgwick is live! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 01, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special episode of Design Matters, we take a look back at the collective brilliance of writers interviewed in 2023. Best of Design Matters 2023 with Alexandra Horowitz, Rick Rubin, and Kevin Kelly is live! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 25, 2023•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Roy Wood Jr. is an Emmy-nominated comedian, writer, producer, actor, radio personality, and podcaster known for his stand-up comedy and work as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. He joins the Design Matters Live Tour to discuss his career, entertaining millions across the stage, television, and radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 18, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast The legendary Audie Cornish—anchor, correspondent, journalist, host, and interviewer—joins live from the Design Matters Tour to talk about her career in journalism, covering national, political, and breaking news for over two decades. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 11, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast For decades, Rosanne Cash has soared through the ranks of music with her powerhouse poetic skills and wistful reflections on her past. She has released 15 albums, won four Grammys, and authored four books, including a best-selling memoir. She joins to talk about her life and legendary career as a singer, songwriter, and author. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 20, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tech journalist, opinion leader, and disruptor—Kara Swisher has hosted hundreds of newsmaking interviews tracking tech and media's changing power dynamics, often going head-to-head with the most prominent figures in the technology industry. She joins a live studio audience to talk about her inimitable career covering the ever-evolving world of technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast MacArthur Fellow, Peabody Award winner, iconic public radio host and creator of one of the most successful shows, Radiolab—Jad Abumrad joins a studio audience in New York for the Design Matters live tour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 09, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast From pop stars to sports legends to rock gods, Mary Ellen Matthews has been crafting iconic images as an entertainment portrait photographer for over two decades. She joins to talk about her career as the chief photographer for Saturday Night Live and how she’s created the distinctive look for the show’s images since 1999. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 02, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Design royalty Paula Scher, Emily Oberman and Michael Bierut join this special live episode to celebrate and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the legendary, multi-disciplinary, independently owned design studio, Pentagram with a new, two-volume book, PENTAGRAM AT 50: LIVING BY DESIGN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 25, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Digital visionary, bestselling author, founder of the popular Cool Tools website, and Co-Founder and Senior Maverick of Wired magazine—Kevin Kelly joins to talk about his career, his new book, and his radical optimism about the future of our world and humanity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Aca...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jessica Nordell—science and cultural journalist—explores ways of changing pernicious thought patterns to eliminate unconscious bias for a more just world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steven Heller—legendary writer and author—joins to discuss his new book “Growing Up Underground,” an entertaining and humorous coming-of-age story at the center of New York’s youth culture in the 1960s and 1970s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Author of the bestselling book “Queenie”—Candice Carty-Williams joins a very special guest host, Roxane Gay, to talk about her latest novel “People Person” which follows the Pennington family, a cadre of five half-siblings forced together in the wake of a dramatic event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rising to the top of tennis stardom, Chris Evert talks about her groundbreaking career as a legendary athlete and recent creative endeavor in jewelry design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 14, 2023•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chip Kidd—award-winning designer, musician, author, and all around rock star—joins for his fifth time to talk about his recent projects and so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joan Wasser shares her musical journey from a classically trained violinist to a solo singer, songwriter, and rock star known as Joan As Police Woman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast A love for craftsmanship, design, and baseball brings music legend Jack White and design entrepreneur Ben Jenkins together. In 2016, Jack White became an investor in Ben Jenkins's sporting goods brand, Warstic. Today the company does so much more than manufacture artisan baseball bats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast As Vice President of Human Interface Design at Apple, Alan Dye has spent much of his career working for a company that has done perhaps more than any other to make design sexy, essential, and highly coveted. He joins to discuss his lustrous creative path working with Ogilvy’s Brand Integration Group, Kate Spade, Apple and the brand new, highly anticipated Apple Vision Pro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast The author of the award-winning novels “Pachinko” and “Free Food for Millionaires,” Min Jin Lee, discusses her remarkable career and the long journey and intention behind her Korean diaspora novels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Over the course of his storied career as a designer and educator, Dr. D’Wayne Edwards has created more than 500 footwear styles for premier entertainers such as Tupac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, and Notorious B.I.G. His designs have been worn in six Olympics and graced all MLB, NFL, and NBA stadiums. He joins to talk about his remarkable career and current role as President of Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel, Mickalene Thomas draws on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Best-selling author, scientist, and trailblazer in autism research, Dr. Temple Grandin’s new book “Visual Thinking” draws on cutting-edge research and her own lived experience to reframe the conversation on neurodiversity and different types of thinkers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 19, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Best known for her controversial novels featuring extreme situations and characters, A.M. Homes discusses her most recent book, The Unfolding, and her remarkable career authoring thirteen extraordinarily original books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast