Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Season 5 of Design Matters starts January 18.

The first half of Season Five of Design Matters with Debbie Millman launches on Friday, January 18th at 3:00 PM on the Voice America Business Network. This first half of Season Five will run from January 18–April 25, and the second half will begin in September. The Fall guest line-up will be announced in August.

Design Matters airs live weekly on the Voice America Business Network, now the industry leader in Internet talk radio. The show was voted a "favorite podcast" on PSFK's Marketing Podcast survey and was recently voted #9 out of over 300 entries for the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum’s People’s Choice Award. The show is also available as Podcasts on iTunes, where over 50,000 people download the show every month.

Season Five will feature acclaimed graphic designers, writers, illustrators, authors, scientists, editors, and even a Nobel Prize winner. The line-up includes: January 18: Chip Kidd; January 25: Eric Kandel; February 1: Kurt Andersen; February 8: Vaughan Oliver; February 15: Jonah Lehrer; February 22: Petrula Vrontikis; February 29: Stefan Bucher; March 7: Laurie Rosenwald; March 14: Jeffrey Zeldman; March 28: Abbott Miller; April 11: Robynne Raye; April 18: All Music Show with DJ and Designer Michael Hodgson; April 25: Lawrence Weiner.

Plus: Debbie Millman herself will be a visiting artist at ODU on Thursday, March 20! More details to follow.

1 comment:

ben... said...

oooo...Chip Kidd... Nice start.

Looking forward to reading this Kenneth!