Marina Abramovic, Cey Adams, Elizabeth Alexander, Laurie Anderson, Lynda Barry, Allison Bechdel, Michael Bierut, Brené Brown, Alain de Botton, Eve Ensler, Shepard Fairey, Tim Ferriss, Louise Fili, Kenny Fries, Anand Girhidardas, Cindy Gallop, Malcolm Gladwell, Milton Glaser, Ira Glass, Seth Godin, Thelma Golden, Gabrielle Hamilton, Steven Heller, Jessica Hische, Michael R. Why Design Matters features 100 images and includes interviews with:
Grouped by category-Legends, Truth Tellers, Culture Makers, Trendsetters, and Visionaries-these eye-opening, entertaining, and enlightening conversations-offer insights into new ways of being and living.Īccompanying each entry is a brief biography, a portrait photographed by Millman, and a pull quote written in Millman's artistic hand. In this illustrated, curated anthology, Millman includes approximately 80 of her best interviews with visionaries from across diverse fields. In those conversations, she has not only explored what it means to design a creative life, but has, as Millman's wife, Roxane Gay, assesses in her foreword, "created a gloriously interesting and ongoing conversation about what it means to live well, overcome trauma, face rejection, learn to love and be loved, and thrive both personally and professional." Over the course of her popular podcast's fifteen-year reign, Debbie Millman has interviewed more than 400 creative minds. She has demonstrated time, and again, why design matters."-Roxane Gay, from the foreword "Debbie Millman has become a singular voice in the world of intimate, enlightening conversations. The author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast Design Matters showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today's leading creative minds from across diverse fields. This sparkling collection is one to be savored slowly."-Publisher's Weekly Sharpened by Millman's penetrating commentary, the candid musings teem with insight and empathy. Michael Schaub is an Austin, Texas-based journalist and regular contributor to NPR."Debbie Millman brings her Design Matters podcast, 'about how the most creative people in the world create their lives,' to the page with this excellent interview anthology. On Twitter, Millman and Gay received congratulations from some notable admirers:Ĭongratulations to you and #MRSGAY ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Millman has written six books about branding and design, and is the founder and host of Design Matters, a popular and long-running podcast about design. She’s also the publisher of Gay Mag and the co-host, with Tressie McMillan Cottom, of the Hear to Slay podcast. Gay, one of the country’s best-known public intellectuals, is best known as the author of the essay collection Bad Feministand the memoir Hunger. Gay confirmed the news on her Twitter account:Īhhh! Yes, I am indeed engaged to It is very exciting! Thank you ALL for the kind words and congratulations. We went on some DATES, we fell in love, and now she is my fiancé.” In a slideshow of photos featuring cursive text, she wrote, “I met a girl who LOVES to write and is REALLY into Beyoncé. Millman, the designer and podcast host, made the announcement on her Instagram account.
It’s been a year full of bleak news, but at long last, here’s a story to make you smile: Authors Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman are officially engaged.