Design Matters Media Information

Design Matters is one of the world's first and longest-running podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 13 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people—designers, writers, artists, musicians, educators, scientists, philosophers and performers—have designed the trajectory of their lives. Guests including Isaac Mizrahi, Maira Kalman, Nico Muhly, Marina Abramovic, Brené Brown, Malcolm Gladwell, Laurie Anderson, Tim Ferriss, Adam J. Kurtz, Anand Giridharadas, Elizabeth Alexander, Sarah Jones, Amanda Palmer, Shepard Fairy, Zac Posen, Alain de Botton, Krista Tippett, Seth Godin, Barbara Kruger, Kaki King, Eileen Myles and over 400 more exceptional thinkers, makers and leaders. In 2011, Design Matters won a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, in 2015 Apple designated the show as one of the best podcasts on iTunes, in 2017 Business Insider chose it as one of the 45 best podcasts in the world and we were just recognized by the Webby’s. The show has been featured on over 100 “best-of” lists including Architectural Digest, Goop, The Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Magazine, Design Sponge, Marie Claire and HGTV.