Arts + Culture

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 114: Kids Today

Painting on photographs, artists v. designers, the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno, Richard Hollis designs for the Whitechapel.

Steven Heller|Essays

The Return of Spitting Image’s Savage Puppet Satire

“Now you and I know very well satire only scratches the surface ... That may not be much ... but it is something ... It beats the hell out of swearing at the TV set.”

Steven Heller|Essays

The Novel That Took Me Down Jojo’s Rabbit Hole

Steven Heller interviews the author of "Caging Skies", the novel the new film Jojo Rabbit is based on.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Lynda Barry

On this episode cartoonist Lynda Barry talks about learning how to draw, and the damaging effects of one’s own opinion.

Steven Heller|Essays

Wearable Architecture That Won’t Fall Down

Whem architecture and fashion collide.

Steven Heller|Interviews

Probable Improbabilities

Steven Heller talks to “Possibilitist” Steven M. Johnson about the reality of his absurdity and his new book Vehicles of the Imagination.

Steven Heller|Interviews

Movie Props: Ready for Their Close Up

Derrick Kardos may have one of the best jobs in graphic design.

Brian LaRossa|Opinions

Why it Matters to Me if Designers Read and Write

Literacy means being an engaged and responsible citizen. It means building sympathy and empathy. It means being radically curious and pursuing meaning with a sense of purpose.

Coen Projekts|Collections

The Alice Austen House Museum

In 1866 Alice Austen, one of the first women photographers in America, was born in a house on Staten Island. The house is now a newly re-opened museum, dedicated to her life and work.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Tea Uglow

Debbie talks with Tea Uglow about experimental digital projects that are pushing the boundaries of tech and art.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 105: Malta, Marketing, Make-Believe

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition, Malta, The West Wing Weekly podcast, branded empathy, Chernobyl, Caravaggio’s Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Steven Heller|Interviews

Dan Fern Sees The Horizon

Steven Heller talks to illustrator, educator, and artist Dan Fern about his paintings and collages and the ways by which he weds the fine and applied arts.