Arts + Culture

Kathleen Meaney|Essays

A Breath of Fresh Architecture

What takes our breath away is both the thrill of life and life threatening.

Steven Heller|Interviews

Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die

New York-based (former musician, banker, and collector) Andrew Krivine is arguably the most passionate Punk music devotee in the world.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 124: That Thing You Do

Making art and design during the COVID-19 pandemic; Christoph Niemann and Daniella Zalcman; Adam Schlesinger; spec scripts for Larry David

Debbie Millman|Audio

Marilyn Minter

Debbie talks with artist Marilyn Minter about bringing her skills to the political arena, the ups and downs of her career, and the use of sexual imagery in her work.

Steven Heller|Interviews

The Plot Against America

Steven Heller interviews veteran prop designer Eric Rosenberg, who designed David Simon’s mini-series of Philip Roth’s 2004 novel The Plot Against America for HBO.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

Episode 121: Love and Squalor

With guest host Alissa Walker of L.A. Podcast: Barbara Kruger at Frieze Week; Destination Crenshaw; homelessness; urban design competitions, Rose Lyster on air travel; Molly Young on garbage language

Steven Heller|Essays

Robert Massin

Steven Heller remembers Robert Massin.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 120: Federal Style

The Trump Administration’s draft executive order Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again, the rise of the blur, a CBS brand book at the California Antiquarian Fair, Anna Wiener’s Uncanny Valley

Steven Heller|Interviews

Arthur Szyk Forever Relevant!

“To call [Arthur] Szyk a ‘cartoonist’ is tantamount to calling Rembrandt a dauber or Chippendale a carpenter.”

Steven Heller|Books

The Influence of Nightlife on Design

Cabarets, cafes, and nightclubs are as essential to the development of Modern avant garde art and design movements as are galleries, salons, and museums.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 116: A Decade in Politics, A Year in Culture

101 political images of 2010s; plus Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror; Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me; Beck’s Hyperspace; Underworld’s Oblivion with Bells; The 1619 Project podcast; Esther Perel’s Where Should We …

Steven Heller|Essays

Belonging: Perfect Harmony or Branding Trope?

"I realized I had never considered the existential idea of belonging and, in fact, I really was curious to explore what it means to belong — and to even get mired in some of its disturbing contradictions."