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Design Matters with Paul Sahre

Graphic designer and book cover designer Paul Sahre talks about his work and his recent memoir, Two-Dimensional Man, with Debbie Millman on Design Matters

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Design Matters with Tobias Frere-Jones

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On the subject of typography, I missed type designer Tobias Frere-Jones on Design Matters with Debbie Millman at the end of last year:

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Design Matters with Tom Geismar

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Kicking off a new season of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to pioneer of American graphic design Tom Geismar about how the practice of design has changed since the 1950s:

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Steven Heller and 100 Classic Graphic Design Journals on Design Matters


In his annual visit to Design Matters, Steven Heller talks to Debbie Millman about design journals, his new book 100 Classic Graphic Design Journals (co-authored with Jason Godfrey), and the future of design magazines in print:

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You can also read a short interview with Heller about the book at publisher Laurence King’s website.

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Design Matters with Irma Boom

Book designer Irma Boom spoke to Debbie Millman recently about her work for Design Matters:

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Design Matters with Chip Kidd

Kicking off a new season Design Matters, designer and art director Chip Kidd in conversation with Debbie Millman:

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Interaction of Color Reimagined


Just in time for the 50th anniversary of Interaction of Color by Josef Albers, Yale University Press has partnered with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and Potion Design to create an interactive digital edition of the book for the iPad.

In this video,  Michelle Komie, senior editor of art and architecture at Yale University Press, discusses the project:

While this sampler for the app includes commentary by Knopf art director Peter Mendelsund:


On a recent episode of Design Matters Debbie Millman spoke to Brenda Danilowitz, Chief Curator at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and Philip Tiongson, a principal at Potion, about Josef Alber’s book and the new digital edition:

And, of course, Interaction of Color is still available as a good old book.

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Design Matters with Louise Fili

Designer, and former art director of Pantheon, Louise Fili discusses her work with Debbie Millman on Design Matters:

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Louise Fili Interview mp3

Elegantissima, the first monograph of Fili’s work, was published earlier this year by Princeton Architectural Press (who are, for the record, are distributed in Canada by my employers, Raincoast Books)

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Design Matters with Angus Hyland

Pentagram partner Angus Hyland has designed book covers for CanongatePenguin and others. On the latest Design Matters podcast, Hyland discusses childhood brand recognition, Tintin, music, dyslexia, book design and his new book Symbol, co-authored with Steven Bateman, with host Debbie Millman:

DESIGN MATTERS: Angus Hyland

Disclosure: Symbol is published by Laurence King and distributed in Canada by my employer Raincoast Books. 

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