Debbie Millman

Debbie Millman Instagram – If you had to add up all of the creative people have appeared most on Design Matters, designers would come in first. Especially since I interviewed designers almost exclusively in the early days of this podcast. But a close second are artists. So many designers also have an art practice or their work simply bridges the divide between design and art. On the second Best of 2024 episode, I’m sharing excerpts from interviews with four very different artists. Es Devlin is a set designer who often works on a grand scale. She’s created concert sets for Beyonce and Lady Gaga, for opera festivals, the Olympics and even the Super Bowl. Olafur Eliasson is an artist who also works on a grand scale. His sculptures, installations and experiments with light and water have been drawing huge audiences for several decades. Nell Irvin Painter is a celebrated historian and academic who took up art later in life. And Carson Ellis is an author and illustrator. Her bestselling books for children include “Home” and “Du Iz Take?” Her latest book, “One Week in January,” is for adults, and it illustrates a diary she kept in her twenties. We’re nearing the 20th anniversary of this podcast and we have lots more new episodes coming soon. Link to listen is in my bio or here: https://tinyurl.com/wartists | Posted on 08/Jan/2025 00:30:46