An in-depth audio interview with Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs
In 2006, journalist Marcus Fairs was looking for work after being sacked (his words!) from Icon magazine. Having had a positive experience using early blogging software, he decided to launch his own design and architecture website and on 17 November Dezeen was born. Eight years to the day we sat down with Marcus at _Dezeen_’s Stoke Newington headquarters (in a former doctors’ surgery) to discuss how and why Dezeen has grown to attract 1.75 million unique users a month, what he believes makes for good online journalism and developing a sustainable business model. We also touched on Kanye West, press release culture and why online publishers don’t get the credit they deserve. Listen using the SoundCloud embed below.
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.