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Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Kelli Anderson

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Design, Arts

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Debbie talks to Kelli Anderson about what design can tell us about the world.



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0:00.0

Think of shaving cream.

0:01.7

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0:04.9

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0:08.5

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0:13.6

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0:16.5

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0:21.1

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0:22.7

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0:25.9

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0:33.9

This is Design Matters with Debbie Millman from Design Observer.com.

0:42.5

This year is the 10th anniversary of the podcast, 10 years of designers and other creative types talking about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about.

0:52.9

On this program, W. Milman talks with Kelly Anderson about what design can tell us about the world.

0:58.6

I really think that design is a research tool to go into that unknown territory and be able to

1:04.3

highlight the reasons why things happen that may be hidden from us.

1:10.1

This interview was recorded in front of a live audience at the North Side Festival

1:14.3

in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on June 11, 2015.

1:18.3

Here's Debbie Milman.

1:20.4

Kelly Anderson says she loves things that do what they're not supposed to do.

1:25.3

For example, she designed a wedding invitation with a paper record player that actually plays music.

1:33.7

Kelly Anderson also says her work is all over the place, which is both literally true and a serious understatement.

1:43.0

She's a photographer who puts a mirrored cube in landscapes and

1:47.9

cityscapes from around the world. She's a web designer with a gift for data visualization.

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