Jill Singer on How Sight Unseen Ushered in the Golden Age of American Design

Jill Singer, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Sight Unseen, joins Fernando Mastrangelo to talk about 17 years of defining American design. From establishing OFFSite, the fair of the season, to launching the Design Hot List, Sight Unseen became the platform that shaped an entire era of design.

Topics covered:

• Sight Unseen's origin story at i-D magazine
• Bootstrapping a design platform with no money
• How the 2014 Offsite show became a turning point
• Why design fairs are struggling now
• The state of design in Milan vs. Copenhagen
• Why everything in design costs more now
• What "collectible design" actually means
• The shift from online magazine to newsletter
• Jill's new Substack, Counter/Space
• The future of design media and discovery
• The designers Sight Unseen discovered and launched

Guest: Jill Singer
Host: Fernando Mastrangelo
Show: Design Discord