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Language | English |
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Provider | Observer Omnimedia |
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Website | designobserver |
Design Matters is a podcast founded and hosted by American writer, educator, artist, and designer Debbie Millman. Founded in 2005, Design Matters is considered "the first and longest running podcast about design". [1] It is now hosted on Design Observer, which is published in partnership with AIGA. [2] Debbie Millman has interviewed over 250 guests [1] including Amanda Palmer, Chris Ware, Malcolm Gladwell, Massimo Vignelli, Steven Heller, Marian Bantjes, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Alain de Botton, Alison Bechdel, and Stefan Sagmeister. [3]
Design Matters won a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in 2011 [4] and was named one of iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015. [5] [6] The podcast has also been on top of the charts by a number mainstream media publications, such as Business Insider, [7] HGTV, [8] Architectural Digest. [9]
Design Matters is hosted by Debbie Millman and features personable, in-depth conversational interviews with "industry-leading graphic designers, educators, authors, change agents and thinkers". [10] Episodes are published approximately 30 times a year and generally range in length from 25 to 60 minutes. The show ends with the signature tagline, "And remember: We can talk about making a difference, we can make a difference, or we can do both." [11]
The podcast began in 2005 as an internet talk radio show airing on the Voice America Radio Network. [12] After the first 100 episodes, Design Matters began to be published by Design Observer, a design website. In September 2020, it was announced that Design Matters would be joining the TED podcast family. [13]
As of January 2023, Design Matters has won 11 podcast industry honors and 4 wins, [14] including the 2023 Webby for Best Creativity and Marketing Podcast. [15] The show has also been named an iTunes Best Podcast of the Year (2015). [6] In 2011, Design Matters won a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award. [4]