Arts + Culture

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.

Bruce Willen|Essays

In Defense of Inconvenience

Seductively efficient, easy-to-use products are the gold standard within design and tech. But is this convenient, frictionless user experience actually what we’ve been looking for?

Michael Bierut|Audio

S6E9: Isolde Brielmaier

Isolde Brielmaier is the executive director of arts culture and community at Westfield World Trade Center.

Steven Heller|Opinions

To Free or Not to Free

Are there limits to free speech?

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 101: Going West

2019 AIGA design conference, creative partnerships, Full Frontal’s Brexit video, film noir YouTube comment thread

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 100: Loving Librarians

Ralph Nader v. graphic design, libraries and serendipity, Sally Potter’s The Party, the shape of silence

Debbie Millman|Audio

Design Matters From the Archive: Anne Lamott

Debbie talks with writer Anne Lamott about her life and her long career.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 99: The Space Between

Hilma af Klint at the Guggenheim, Kevin Roche and the Miller House, Josh Lipnik’s modern midwest tours, Ben Stiller plays Michael Cohen

Steven Heller|Interviews

These Times Deserve The Times!

Steven Heller interviews art director for special projects at The New York Times Magazine Group and NYT Magazine Labs, Deborah Bishop.