Best of Design Matters: Oliver Jeffers

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture, Oliver Jeffers joins to talk about his career making art and telling stories. His new book, Begin Again, explores humankind’s impact on itself and our planet, asking the big question: Where do we go from here?

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	This archival episode of Design Matters originally dropped in January of 2024.
0:13.2	This is the first time that we are aware of all other groups,
0:17.6	all other cultures, really truly.
0:19.7	And we are also aware of everything that is happening,
0:23.3	everywhere at once, instantaneously.
0:26.0	And it's a bombardment and an overwhelming sense
0:28.6	of information and knowledge, and we need to grasp
0:31.4	one to something that just allows us to know where we are.
0:35.0	From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman.
0:50.0	For 18 years, Debbie Millman has been talking with designers and other creative people about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.
0:54.3	On this episode artist and picture book author Oliver Jeffers talks about his career
0:59.0	and about reframing humanity's problems.
1:01.6	We prioritize being right over wrong, but if we replace
1:04.5	the words right wrong with better and worse, it suddenly becomes very clear
1:08.9	what needs to happen. I'm the founding member of Bon Jovi. You're panicking. Do it again.
1:14.0	I'm David Bryan, founding member Bon Jovi, and also a Tony Award winning composer.
1:19.0	Wait, go again. I'm Gabby Bryan. I'm David Brian, founding member of Bon Jovi and a Tony Award winning composer.
1:25.8	And I'm gorgeous with a perfect personality, Gabby Bryan.
1:28.6	This is our new podcast, Let Me Ask My Dad. We'll be tackling your questions about everything.
1:32.9	Order repair.
1:34.3	Toilets, I'm good with the toilets.
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