Kim Hastreiter
3/2/20261 hr 18 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.
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First 90 secondsKim Hastreiter· Guest0:01
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.
Speaker 10:12
[upbeat music] From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman. 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 Hastreiter about New York City, art, magazines, and about breaking the internet.
Kim Hastreiter· Guest0:40
No one ever heard of Paper, and in twenty-four hours, everyone knew Paper in the whole world.
Speaker 20:49
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Speaker 31:22
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