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You know, I sort of fell into theatre, but now, after 30 years, I realize, having done many other things how unique, rare and precious

is for a group of people to gather together and as my friend Lindsay Turner the

director says,

still the ego for the greater good.

From the Ted Audio Collective,

this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

For 19 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.

On this episode, S Devlin talks about the collaboration between performers and their audiences.

The fact that we all keep the balloon in the air, we will keep blowing the balloon up together,

is a very beautiful human thing.

A program note before we begin. There's some intermittent background noise in this

recording. We hope it doesn't interfere with your enjoyment of the interview.

In 2003 the artist as Devlin's career took a turn. She'd already made her

name as a theater designer where her conceptual and She's done concert sets for Beyonce and Jay-Z for Lady Gaga and Myli Cyrus

for Opera Festivals, the Olympics, and even the Super Bowl.

She also helped launch the Sphere in Las Vegas with her artistry with U2.

There is currently an exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt National

Design Museum in New York City

and she joins me today to talk about her truly extraordinary career.

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