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This year marks the 10th anniversary of Design Matters and to celebrate were

replaying some favorite shows from the archive.

This one, an interview with James Victoria,

was recorded in December 2010.

This is Design Matters with Debbie Millman from design observer.com.

On this program, Debbie Millman talks with James Victoria about his apprenticeship and

graphic design, about the role of opinion in his work, and about his suspicions of surface

beauty and polish.

I'm trying to get to a place that is even more

clumsy, less finished, less perfect. Here's Debbie Melman.

James Victoria Inc. is an independent design studio,

hell bent on world domination.

This is the very first thing you read when you Google

James Victoria. And there you have this artist and designer in a nutshell. Playful,

hyperbolic, humorous, fierce, and maybe even a little ruthless.

Whether it's a skull sticking out a patriotic tongue

or the words use a condom scrawled over the silhouette of mating rabbits,

Victoria pushes his ideas into the public arena with moral fearlessness and visual force.

His work has won awards for many national and visual force.

His work has won awards for many national and international design competitions, including

an Emmy Award for Television Animation, Gold and Silver Medals from the New York Art Directors Club, and the Grand Prix from the Czech Republic Design Biennial.

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