Founder + director of Eye on Design, a site and magazine about the world’s most exciting designers—and the issues they care about. Buy the magazine + get the newsletter.
Writer of non-design things, too. I’m currently working on a book about sound.
Instagram @perrindrumm + Twitter @perrindrumm
Things I’ve written lately-ish:
- A series of interviews about imposter syndrome (with Jennifer Daniel, Eric Hu), for SuperHi
- “Queen’s Quest,” a closer look back at the first person to bring graphics to computer games, Roberta Williams—from Eye on Design magazine #05, the Distraction issue
- “Starting a Successful Design Studio Is a Lot Like Making a Really Shitty Quilt”
- “I Have Seen the Future of Design—and It Isn’t Another Poster Show”
Where you’ll see me next:
- Us By Night, Antwerp, Sept 2019
- Design Thinkers, Toronto, Oct 2019
Where I’ve spoken lately:
- Moderating the first Eye on Design Debate about democratizing design with managing editor, Liz Stinson; featuring Natasha Jen of Pentagram, Rik Lomas of SuperHi, and Aliza Dzik of McKinsey (July 2019)
- Blathering about why “Community Isn’t Always Nice,” at Birmingham Design Festival (June 2019)
- Talking about magazines on magCulture’s panel, A/D/O (May 2019)
- In conversation with the great Ian Birch + Jeremy Leslie at ModMag NYC (May 2019)
- At the Wix Playground dishing out career therapy (Feb 2019)
- On a sidewalk in the snow wearing my grandma’s old coat
Where I’ve spoken not-so-lately:
- ModMag London 2018, where I referred to myself as a “den mom” (and previously at ModMag NYC 2018, where I didn’t make any animal family references)
- Stack Magazine’s podcast, where I referred to myself as a “sort-of business lady”
- Monocle’s “The Stack” podcast, where I managed to embarrass myself slightly less (though there was that earlier time on “The Stack” when I practically put myself to sleep talking about how a small, independent magazine makes money)
- Jessica Walsh’s Ladies, Wine & Design at The Wing, talking about how to manage a growing team when you have zero management experience
- This is What Starting a Design Union Looks Like, an Eye on Design initiative advocating for fair labor practices within the graphic design industry
