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Design Matters: Best of 2024 with Editors

On this special episode of Design Matters, we look back at the collective brilliance of editors interviewed in 2024. Best of Design Matters 2024 with Stella Bugbee, Scott Dadich, Adam Moss, and David Remnick is live!
Design Matters: Olafur Eliasson

The works of artist Olafur Eliasson explore the relevance of art in the world at large. He joins to discuss his three-decade career creating sculptures, installations, paintings, photographs, and film utilizing natural elements—light, color, water, and movement—to alter viewers’ sensory perceptions.
Design Matters: Annie Atkins

Building worlds in motion pictures through graphic props and typography—Annie Atkins joins to discuss her career designing set pieces for films such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and her new book, “Letters from the North Pole.”
Design Matters: David Kwong

With his expertise in enigmas and illusions, David Kwong delights and challenges audiences around the world with his intellectual brand of magic. He joins to discuss his one-man show, The Enigmatist, and his career as a magician, crossword puzzle constructor, and writer.
Best of Design Matters: Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng—New York Times bestselling author of three novels, “Everything I Never Told You,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” and “Our Missing Hearts”—joins a live audience to talk about her illustrious career exploring complex family dynamics and themes of identity, race, and culture.
Best of Design Matters: Stella Bugbee

Former Editor-in-Chief and President of New York Magazine’s The Cut and current Styles Editor of The New York Times—Stella Bugbee joins to discuss her remarkable career in the media industry, covering fashion, beauty, and culture as a journalist, editor, and creative director.
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Steven Heller

Bad Boys of Design
