Best of Design Matters: Kim Hastreiter
Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Best of Design Matters: Kim Hastreiter

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 20261 hr 17 min

Kim Hastreiter—co-founder and longtime editor of Paper magazine—joins to reflect on a life at the center of downtown New York’s art, fashion, and nightlife, from scrappy newsprint beginnings to the cover that “broke the internet.” She also discusses her memoir, Stuff: A New York Life of Cultural Chaos, and why artists must document culture before it’s rewritten. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This episode of Design Matters originally appeared in March of 2026. To me, right now what we're going through, that I feel like I have to put art out in the universe. Artists have to like put the best art, the best inspiration out in the universe right now. From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

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On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on. On this episode, a conversation with Kim Haftstrider about New York City, art, magazines, and about

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breaking the internet. No one ever heard of paper and in 24 hours everyone knew paper in the whole world. Count on the exchange rates that you'd usually see on Google. That's how millions save billions on hidden fees.

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