Music

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

Shared Earbuds

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Art of Punk and the Punk Aesthetic

Punk has two graphic histories: Punk: An Aesthetic and The Art of Punk. What conclusions do they draw?

Jessica Helfand|Essays

The Karaoke Effect

The illusory bubble populated by thousands of fame-seekers who fervently believe in their own righteous, if highly fictional talent.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Nico Muhly

Debbie talks to composer Nico Muhly about his music and about the musicians who interpret it.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Innovation in banality

Searching the stacks of "library music"

Debbie Millman|Audio

Amanda Palmer

Debbie talks to Amanda about her wild and wandering path to the rock stage, and about how behind her artistic ambitions is the drive to feel real.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Music by the Numbers

Listening in the Digital Age

Rob Walker|Essays

An Album-Packaging Feast

A delicious viral tribute to a gut-bomb ZZ Top album-packaging image from the vinyl era

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Cabaret de l'Enfer by Harry C. Ellis

The ghoulish cavern in the villa of Ormen

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Grace Jones by Jean-Paul Goude

Beauty, androgyny, and threat

Debbie Millman|Audio

Morley

On this episode of Design Matters Debbie Millman talks to Morley about her songs of social change.