Category: Interviews

Steven Heller|Interviews

The Swiss Grid

In celebration of the new exhibit at the Poster House, “The Swiss Grid”, Steven Heller interviewed Allon Schoener, the curator of the first "Swiss Graphic Designer" exhibit in the US in 1958.

Nancy Sharon Collins|Interviews

Mount Street Printers

Specialty printing shops are special, indeed.

Observed|Interviews

Jessica Helfand on NPR: The Future Of 'Short Attention Span Theater'

Jessica Helfand on NPR: The Future Of 'Short Attention Span Theater'

Steven Heller|Interviews

The Plot Against America: Prop Story Redux

If you watch the six part HBO adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel The Plot Against America, which premiered on March 16, please keep your eye on the props.

Doug Powell|Interviews

On Design and Startups: Part 2

Doug Powell and Albert Lee continue their discussion on the role of design in tech startups. 

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Rhea Combs

“I believe art has many functions, and one of them is to interrogate the status quo.”

Lily Hansen|Interviews

How Advisor to The Crown Robert Lacey Gets Closer to the Truth

“I do my best to reflect my subject’s lives but there are also multiple truths. You try to define what they are...”

Steven Heller|Interviews

Guilt-Free Magazine

The internet is wonderful for certain things. The print-is-dead conversation is tedious. It’s all changing, inevitably, and magazine sales have dwindled but I don’t think that’s because the audience has disappeared, I …

Maya P. Lim|Interviews

Why Not Futura? How Futura is Actually a Conversation with the Past

Maya P. Lim talks to Never Use Futura author Douglas Thomas.

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Steven Heller

“Design is a profession that has grown out of its stereotypes.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Chelsea Mauldin

“Most broken government systems are not designed—they accrete, bits and pieces stuck on to address problems.”

Jordan MacInnis|Interviews

Materials as Metaphor

...We have a disrespect for materials; we use them quickly and carelessly. That is exactly where we’re at as a planet and as a society. It’s our job as material designers to tackle that.