Music

Michael Bierut|Audio

S5E12: Dmitri Siegel

Dmitri Siegel is vice president of global brand at Sonos.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Shirley Manson

Debbie talks to singer-songwriter Shirley Manson about her career, her music, and the long road that got her where she is today.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 85: Midsummer Music

Musical theater, soundtracks, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in D Minor, and more.

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Paul Moore

“Streaming has shocked new life into the music industry and the vinyl we all hold dear to our hearts. Now the platform is finding a new generation of ardent fans. As designers, that’s where we can influence a movement.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Emily Batson

“A key part of my job is collaboration. I enjoy the negotiation of finding a concept that truly works.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Frank Ockenfels 3

“I am a true believer of creating in the moment.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Lawrence Azerrad

It‘s June, and you know what that means—the unofficial kick-off of summer concert season. This month, we examine design and music, and why fans everywhere benefit when these creative industries work in concert.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Erin McKeown

Debbie talks to muscian, playwright, and activist Erin McKeown about the ups and downs in her career, and about writing a musical for the first time.

Jessica Barness|Essays

Dancin’ to a New Tune: The Subversive, Entrepreneurial Flexi Disc

The story of the flexi disc vinyl record is an intertwining of manufacturing, form, content, and publication.

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Julian Alexander

What made Julian Alexander become a designer, and what was it like working with 50 Cent during the start of his career?

Michael Bierut|Essays

I Love the 80s

Miami Vice: the quintessential postmodern design artifact, in all its glory and all its disgrace.

Mark Kingsley|Essays

The Old Taylor Can’t Come to the Phone Right Now

Taylor Swift’s new album, Reputation, may aspire to high art; its cover design is most definitely a step toward the middle.