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Design Podcasts and Talks (2026): Shows Worth Your Commute

Shows that interview practitioners rather than sell courses. Design Matters has 660+ episodes and 99% Invisible has 780, so these are decades of interviews, not a new feed to keep up with. Includes what to start with for each.

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Louisiana Channel

channel.louisiana.dkhttps://channel.louisiana.dk/author/paulo · Article

Weekly video series produced by Louisiana Museum of Modern Art featuring interviews, profiles, and discussions about art, literature, architecture, design, and music. Notable series include Banned Voices (exploring 18 authors whose books have been banned or challenged), Advice to the Young (artists giving guidance to the next generation), and Facing the Blank Page (writers discussing the creative struggle). The channel offers curated visual and intellectual content for those interested in contemporary culture and artistic practice.

#art#design#architecture#music#culture

Design Better

designbetterpodcast.comThe Curiosity Department · Article

A Substack-based podcast hosted by Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter featuring 280+ conversations with designers, creators, and leaders shaping products and digital experiences. The show combines design wisdom with practical insights and attracts over 248,000 subscribers, offering both free and paid membership tiers for listeners interested in growth and professional development in creative fields.

Scratching the Surface: A Podcast About Design Criticism and Practice

scratchingthesurface.fm@surfacepodcast · Article

Scratching the Surface is a podcast hosted by Jarrett Fuller exploring design criticism and creative practice. Episode 290 features Giorgia Lupi, information designer and Pentagram partner, discussing her work synthesizing data and storytelling for major clients including Google, IBM, the Gates Foundation, and the New York Times. The conversation covers the evolution of data communication, balancing clarity with artistic expression in design, and how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped her approach to data visualization. Lupi is author of Speak Data and Dear Data, among other publications exploring the intersection of data, observation, and visual communication.

Design Matters Podcast

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Design Matters is one of the first and longest-running podcasts in the world, launched in 2005 by designer and host Debbie Millman. The show features deeply researched long-form interviews with creative people across disciplines-designers, writers, artists, musicians, scientists, philosophers, and performers-exploring their origin stories, challenges, choices, and creative work. The podcast has won numerous awards including a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award and multiple Webby Awards, and has been recognized by publications like Business Insider and Vanity Fair as among the best podcasts globally.

99% Invisible with Roman Mars

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99% Invisible is a podcast hosted by Roman Mars exploring design, architecture, and the hidden systems and details that shape everyday life. The show investigates the often-overlooked human activity and decision-making behind the physical world we inhabit.

#design#architecture#podcast

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Design Podcasts and Talks (2026): Shows Worth Your Commute is a collection of 7 things about design, podcast and creativity, arranged by @bowerbird on Kyurations.

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