Music

Lilly Smith|Essays

New Album, Old School: Branding The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach

“The appeal of my stuff is that it isn’t perfect. I don’t know how to use Illustrator. Some people are stoked by and some people are turned off by it.”

Debbie Millman|Audio

Design Matters from the Archive: Nico Muhly

Debbie talks to composer Nico Muhly about his music and about the musicians who interpret it. "I always feel like they appreciate something that’s detailed on the page to indicate that I know what I’m talking about, but with …

Debbie Millman|Audio

Design Matters from the Archive: Amanda Palmer

On this podcast Debbie talks to Amanda Palmer about her wild and wandering path to the rock stage, and about how behind her artistic ambition is the drive to feel real.

Lawrence Azerrad|Essays

Remix, Repeat, and Rediscover: Amplifying the Impact in Art and Music Through Change

Design, like music, is accustomed to remixing.

Steven Heller|Essays

I Still Wish I Were a Beatle

The Beatles have, over the course of my lifetime, become attached to my nerve endings. It’s a curious sensation, but one I’m glad I still have.

Adam Harrison Levy|Interviews

An Interview With Philip Glass

In 2005, Adam Harrison Levy interviewed Philip Glass for a BBC documentary film about Chuck Close. Glass was seated in front of the monumental painting Phil. This is their exchange.

Michael Bierut|Essays

All That Jazz: Posters by Niklaus Troxler

Niklaus Troxler’s jazz posters can be viewed as a single, self-initiated project that has developed over five decades, a body of work with few precedents.

Rob Walker|Essays

Listening to Retail

Disquiet Junto has been listening to retail, and it’s changing my ears.

The Editors|Observer Quarterly

King of Pop

Alex Steinweiss

Véronique Vienne|Essays

When the Soundtrack is the Message

Music supervisor Beth Urdang

Steven Heller|Essays

Mad Music

Back to a time before art, design, and humor had to be sophisticated to be good.

Blake Eskin|Observer Quarterly

White Lines

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