HOME | DEBBIE MILLMANSPEAKINGBOOKSWRITINGILLUSTRATIONVISUAL STORYTELLINGCREATIVELIVE Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters.

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose. BIO | DEBBIE MILLMAN Bio. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running BOOKS | DEBBIE MILLMAN Books. Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both

ILLUSTRATION

Illustration. Debbie’s illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, Print Magazine, Design Observer and Fast Company. She is the author of two books of illustrated essays: Look Both Ways and Self-Portrait As Your Traitor; the latter of which has been awarded a Gold Mobius, a Print Typography

Award

SPEAKING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Speaking. Debbie is a frequent keynote speaker on design and branding and has spoken at conferences, corporations and events all over the world. She has moderated Design Yatra in India, presented keynote lectures at Rotman School of Management, Princeton University, Michigan Modern, the Hong Kong Design Association, the Melbourne

Writers

BRAND THINKING

Brand Thinking is a powerful look at the role brand plays in society, politics, economics, psychology and technology." FORBES. . "Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits, by designer extraordinaire Debbie Millman, contains twenty interviews with the world’s leading designers and thinkers in branding. The interviews contain spirited

views on

BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

King logo.

ANYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES A LONG TIME When I was first starting out, I wish I’d known that anything worthwhile takes a long time. I wish I’d known that things would turn out okay by the time I was in my 40s.

LOOK BOTH WAYS

By Debbie Millman. Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of over 25 years of working in the design business, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show

on design and

HOME | DEBBIE MILLMANSPEAKINGBOOKSWRITINGILLUSTRATIONVISUAL STORYTELLINGCREATIVELIVE Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters.

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose. BIO | DEBBIE MILLMAN Bio. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running BOOKS | DEBBIE MILLMAN Books. Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both

ILLUSTRATION

Illustration. Debbie’s illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, Print Magazine, Design Observer and Fast Company. She is the author of two books of illustrated essays: Look Both Ways and Self-Portrait As Your Traitor; the latter of which has been awarded a Gold Mobius, a Print Typography

Award

SPEAKING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Speaking. Debbie is a frequent keynote speaker on design and branding and has spoken at conferences, corporations and events all over the world. She has moderated Design Yatra in India, presented keynote lectures at Rotman School of Management, Princeton University, Michigan Modern, the Hong Kong Design Association, the Melbourne

Writers

BRAND THINKING

Brand Thinking is a powerful look at the role brand plays in society, politics, economics, psychology and technology." FORBES. . "Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits, by designer extraordinaire Debbie Millman, contains twenty interviews with the world’s leading designers and thinkers in branding. The interviews contain spirited

views on

BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

King logo.

ANYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES A LONG TIME When I was first starting out, I wish I’d known that anything worthwhile takes a long time. I wish I’d known that things would turn out okay by the time I was in my 40s.

LOOK BOTH WAYS

By Debbie Millman. Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of over 25 years of working in the design business, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show

on design and

READING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Reading. I am often asked for recommendations for books to read on design and branding. These are some of my favorites: Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. By Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Armin Vit. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities. By David Airey. WRITING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both books have been published in over 10 languages. BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

King logo.

CURATION | DEBBIE MILLMAN Curation. Debbie has co-curated conferences, events and exhibitions for institutions including HOW DESIGN LIVE, the AIGA National Conference and many others. Since 2013 she has curated 30 Covers, 30 Days for National November Writing Month. In September 2017, she curated a show for the Museum of Design in Atlanta titled Text Me: How

We Live In

GRAPHIC FILMS

Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. POLITICAL COMMENTARY Political Commentary. Over the years I have been asked to comment on the current political climate. You can see some of my commentary here: US News And World Report (December, 2017): The Fraying of the Trump Brand. . Fast Company (November, 2017): What Designers Should Do Now. US News And World Report (August, 2016): Meet The New Hillary Clinton.

MASTER IN BRANDING

Debbie co-founded The Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts with Steven Heller in 2009. The program is the first of its kind in the United States. It is a one-year graduate degree that examines the relationship between design and strategy, and the power of design thinking as a way to combine creative skills with the problem-solving and decision-making processes of design and business. NYC | DEBBIE MILLMAN Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. SELF PORTRAIT AS YOUR TRAITOR Self Portrait as Your Traitor. Debbie Millman's illustrated essays and visual poems are part philosophy, part art, part deeply personal memoir exposing the universal triumphs and tribulations of being human. Her hand-lettered typography — sometimes tender, sometimes gritty, always breathtaking in its visceral candor — makes

Self-Portrait as

RAOD WARRIOR

Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. HOME | DEBBIE MILLMANSPEAKINGBOOKSWRITINGILLUSTRATIONVISUAL STORYTELLINGCREATIVELIVE Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. BIO | DEBBIE MILLMAN Bio. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running BOOKS | DEBBIE MILLMAN Books. Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both READING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Reading. I am often asked for recommendations for books to read on design and branding. These are some of my favorites: Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. By Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Armin Vit. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities. By David Airey.

ILLUSTRATION

Illustration. Debbie’s illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, Print Magazine, Design Observer and Fast Company. She is the author of two books of illustrated essays: Look Both Ways and Self-Portrait As Your Traitor; the latter of which has been awarded a Gold Mobius, a Print Typography

Award

BRAND THINKING

Brand Thinking is a powerful look at the role brand plays in society, politics, economics, psychology and technology." FORBES. . "Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits, by designer extraordinaire Debbie Millman, contains twenty interviews with the world’s leading designers and thinkers in branding. The interviews contain spirited

views on

BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

King logo.

ANYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES A LONG TIME When I was first starting out, I wish I’d known that anything worthwhile takes a long time. I wish I’d known that things would turn out okay by the time I was in my 40s.

LOOK BOTH WAYS

By Debbie Millman. Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of over 25 years of working in the design business, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show

on design and

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose. HOME | DEBBIE MILLMANSPEAKINGBOOKSWRITINGILLUSTRATIONVISUAL STORYTELLINGCREATIVELIVE Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. BIO | DEBBIE MILLMAN Bio. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running BOOKS | DEBBIE MILLMAN Books. Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both READING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Reading. I am often asked for recommendations for books to read on design and branding. These are some of my favorites: Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. By Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Armin Vit. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities. By David Airey.

ILLUSTRATION

Illustration. Debbie’s illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, Print Magazine, Design Observer and Fast Company. She is the author of two books of illustrated essays: Look Both Ways and Self-Portrait As Your Traitor; the latter of which has been awarded a Gold Mobius, a Print Typography

Award

BRAND THINKING

Brand Thinking is a powerful look at the role brand plays in society, politics, economics, psychology and technology." FORBES. . "Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits, by designer extraordinaire Debbie Millman, contains twenty interviews with the world’s leading designers and thinkers in branding. The interviews contain spirited

views on

BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

King logo.

ANYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES A LONG TIME When I was first starting out, I wish I’d known that anything worthwhile takes a long time. I wish I’d known that things would turn out okay by the time I was in my 40s.

LOOK BOTH WAYS

By Debbie Millman. Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of over 25 years of working in the design business, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show

on design and

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose. WRITING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both books have been published in over 10 languages. SPEAKING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Speaking. Debbie is a frequent keynote speaker on design and branding and has spoken at conferences, corporations and events all over the world. She has moderated Design Yatra in India, presented keynote lectures at Rotman School of Management, Princeton University, Michigan Modern, the Hong Kong Design Association, the Melbourne

Writers

GRAPHIC FILMS

Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. CURATION | DEBBIE MILLMAN Curation. Debbie has co-curated conferences, events and exhibitions for institutions including HOW DESIGN LIVE, the AIGA National Conference and many others. Since 2013 she has curated 30 Covers, 30 Days for National November Writing Month. In September 2017, she curated a show for the Museum of Design in Atlanta titled Text Me: How

We Live In

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose. NYC | DEBBIE MILLMAN Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters.

MASTER IN BRANDING

Debbie co-founded The Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts with Steven Heller in 2009. The program is the first of its kind in the United States. It is a one-year graduate degree that examines the relationship between design and strategy, and the power of design thinking as a way to combine creative skills with the problem-solving and decision-making processes of design and business.

RAOD WARRIOR

Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. SELF PORTRAIT AS YOUR TRAITOR Self Portrait as Your Traitor. Debbie Millman's illustrated essays and visual poems are part philosophy, part art, part deeply personal memoir exposing the universal triumphs and tribulations of being human. Her hand-lettered typography — sometimes tender, sometimes gritty, always breathtaking in its visceral candor — makes

Self-Portrait as

TURNING 30 | DEBBIE MILLMAN Turning 30. By Debbie Millman. Three major things happened when I turned 30: I got divorced, I quit my job and I moved out of the studio apartment I shared with my husband. Luckily, I found a good therapist and subsequently spent the next year frequenting her office, freelancing and then moving yet again, after the wretched discovery

that my

HOME | DEBBIE MILLMANSPEAKINGBOOKSWRITINGILLUSTRATIONVISUAL STORYTELLINGCREATIVELIVE Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. BOOKS | DEBBIE MILLMAN Books. Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both BIO | DEBBIE MILLMAN Bio. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running READING | DEBBIE MILLMANDESIGN MATTERS WITH DEBBIE MILLMANDEBBIE MILLMAN ARTDEBBIE MILLMAN BRANDINGDEBBIE MILLMAN DESIGNDEBBIE MILLMAN PODCASTDEBBIE MILLMAN 10 YEAR PLAN Reading. I am often asked for recommendations for books to read on design and branding. These are some of my favorites: Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. By Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Armin Vit. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities. By David Airey. SPEAKING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Speaking. Debbie is a frequent keynote speaker on design and branding and has spoken at conferences, corporations and events all over the world. She has moderated Design Yatra in India, presented keynote lectures at Rotman School of Management, Princeton University, Michigan Modern, the Hong Kong Design Association, the Melbourne

Writers

BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

King logo.

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose.

CREATIVELIVE

CreativeLive. Debbie taught a class on Creative Live titled A Brand Called You: Making a Living Doing What You Love. She teaches this class because Debbie believes it takes work to get the work you love. It takes knowing how to interview well, how to communicate flawlessly, how to articulate your own purpose and to simultaneously do this while

LOOK BOTH WAYS

By Debbie Millman. Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of over 25 years of working in the design business, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show

on design and

ANYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES A LONG TIME When I was first starting out, I wish I’d known that anything worthwhile takes a long time. I wish I’d known that things would turn out okay by the time I was in my 40s. HOME | DEBBIE MILLMANSPEAKINGBOOKSWRITINGILLUSTRATIONVISUAL STORYTELLINGCREATIVELIVE Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. BOOKS | DEBBIE MILLMAN Books. Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both BIO | DEBBIE MILLMAN Bio. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running READING | DEBBIE MILLMANDESIGN MATTERS WITH DEBBIE MILLMANDEBBIE MILLMAN ARTDEBBIE MILLMAN BRANDINGDEBBIE MILLMAN DESIGNDEBBIE MILLMAN PODCASTDEBBIE MILLMAN 10 YEAR PLAN Reading. I am often asked for recommendations for books to read on design and branding. These are some of my favorites: Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. By Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Armin Vit. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities. By David Airey. SPEAKING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Speaking. Debbie is a frequent keynote speaker on design and branding and has spoken at conferences, corporations and events all over the world. She has moderated Design Yatra in India, presented keynote lectures at Rotman School of Management, Princeton University, Michigan Modern, the Hong Kong Design Association, the Melbourne

Writers

BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

King logo.

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose.

CREATIVELIVE

CreativeLive. Debbie taught a class on Creative Live titled A Brand Called You: Making a Living Doing What You Love. She teaches this class because Debbie believes it takes work to get the work you love. It takes knowing how to interview well, how to communicate flawlessly, how to articulate your own purpose and to simultaneously do this while

LOOK BOTH WAYS

By Debbie Millman. Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of over 25 years of working in the design business, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show

on design and

ANYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES A LONG TIME When I was first starting out, I wish I’d known that anything worthwhile takes a long time. I wish I’d known that things would turn out okay by the time I was in my 40s. WRITING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both books have been published in over 10 languages.

ILLUSTRATION

Illustration. Debbie’s illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, Print Magazine, Design Observer and Fast Company. She is the author of two books of illustrated essays: Look Both Ways and Self-Portrait As Your Traitor; the latter of which has been awarded a Gold Mobius, a Print Typography

Award

CURATION | DEBBIE MILLMAN Curation. Debbie has co-curated conferences, events and exhibitions for institutions including HOW DESIGN LIVE, the AIGA National Conference and many others. Since 2013 she has curated 30 Covers, 30 Days for National November Writing Month. In September 2017, she curated a show for the Museum of Design in Atlanta titled Text Me: How

We Live In

BRAND THINKING

Brand Thinking is a powerful look at the role brand plays in society, politics, economics, psychology and technology." FORBES. . "Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits, by designer extraordinaire Debbie Millman, contains twenty interviews with the world’s leading designers and thinkers in branding. The interviews contain spirited

views on

GRAPHIC FILMS

Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters.

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose.

MASTER IN BRANDING

Debbie co-founded The Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts with Steven Heller in 2009. The program is the first of its kind in the United States. It is a one-year graduate degree that examines the relationship between design and strategy, and the power of design thinking as a way to combine creative skills with the problem-solving and decision-making processes of design and business. NYC | DEBBIE MILLMAN Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. SELF PORTRAIT AS YOUR TRAITOR Self Portrait as Your Traitor. Debbie Millman's illustrated essays and visual poems are part philosophy, part art, part deeply personal memoir exposing the universal triumphs and tribulations of being human. Her hand-lettered typography — sometimes tender, sometimes gritty, always breathtaking in its visceral candor — makes

Self-Portrait as

TURNING 30 | DEBBIE MILLMAN Turning 30. By Debbie Millman. Three major things happened when I turned 30: I got divorced, I quit my job and I moved out of the studio apartment I shared with my husband. Luckily, I found a good therapist and subsequently spent the next year frequenting her office, freelancing and then moving yet again, after the wretched discovery

that my

HOME | DEBBIE MILLMANSPEAKINGBOOKSWRITINGILLUSTRATIONVISUAL STORYTELLINGCREATIVELIVE Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. BOOKS | DEBBIE MILLMAN Books. Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both BIO | DEBBIE MILLMAN Bio. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running READING | DEBBIE MILLMANDESIGN MATTERS WITH DEBBIE MILLMANDEBBIE MILLMAN ARTDEBBIE MILLMAN BRANDINGDEBBIE MILLMAN DESIGNDEBBIE MILLMAN PODCASTDEBBIE MILLMAN 10 YEAR PLAN Reading. I am often asked for recommendations for books to read on design and branding. These are some of my favorites: Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. By Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Armin Vit. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities. By David Airey. SPEAKING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Speaking. Debbie is a frequent keynote speaker on design and branding and has spoken at conferences, corporations and events all over the world. She has moderated Design Yatra in India, presented keynote lectures at Rotman School of Management, Princeton University, Michigan Modern, the Hong Kong Design Association, the Melbourne

Writers

BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

King logo.

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose.

CREATIVELIVE

CreativeLive. Debbie taught a class on Creative Live titled A Brand Called You: Making a Living Doing What You Love. She teaches this class because Debbie believes it takes work to get the work you love. It takes knowing how to interview well, how to communicate flawlessly, how to articulate your own purpose and to simultaneously do this while

LOOK BOTH WAYS

By Debbie Millman. Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of over 25 years of working in the design business, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show

on design and

ANYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES A LONG TIME When I was first starting out, I wish I’d known that anything worthwhile takes a long time. I wish I’d known that things would turn out okay by the time I was in my 40s. HOME | DEBBIE MILLMANSPEAKINGBOOKSWRITINGILLUSTRATIONVISUAL STORYTELLINGCREATIVELIVE Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. BOOKS | DEBBIE MILLMAN Books. Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both BIO | DEBBIE MILLMAN Bio. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running READING | DEBBIE MILLMANDESIGN MATTERS WITH DEBBIE MILLMANDEBBIE MILLMAN ARTDEBBIE MILLMAN BRANDINGDEBBIE MILLMAN DESIGNDEBBIE MILLMAN PODCASTDEBBIE MILLMAN 10 YEAR PLAN Reading. I am often asked for recommendations for books to read on design and branding. These are some of my favorites: Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. By Bryony Gomez-Palacio, Armin Vit. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities. By David Airey. SPEAKING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Speaking. Debbie is a frequent keynote speaker on design and branding and has spoken at conferences, corporations and events all over the world. She has moderated Design Yatra in India, presented keynote lectures at Rotman School of Management, Princeton University, Michigan Modern, the Hong Kong Design Association, the Melbourne

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BRANDING | DEBBIE MILLMAN She has worked on brands in every aisle of the supermarket and drug store and is an expert on the branding, design and positioning of fast-moving consumer goods. Mass market brands that she is most known for working on include Haagen-Dazs, 7Up, Burger King, Gillette, Tropicana, Twizzlers, Colgate, Pepperidge Farm and Kleenex. Burger

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VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose.

CREATIVELIVE

CreativeLive. Debbie taught a class on Creative Live titled A Brand Called You: Making a Living Doing What You Love. She teaches this class because Debbie believes it takes work to get the work you love. It takes knowing how to interview well, how to communicate flawlessly, how to articulate your own purpose and to simultaneously do this while

LOOK BOTH WAYS

By Debbie Millman. Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of over 25 years of working in the design business, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show

on design and

ANYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES A LONG TIME When I was first starting out, I wish I’d known that anything worthwhile takes a long time. I wish I’d known that things would turn out okay by the time I was in my 40s. WRITING | DEBBIE MILLMAN Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits . Both books have been published in over 10 languages.

ILLUSTRATION

Illustration. Debbie’s illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, Print Magazine, Design Observer and Fast Company. She is the author of two books of illustrated essays: Look Both Ways and Self-Portrait As Your Traitor; the latter of which has been awarded a Gold Mobius, a Print Typography

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CURATION | DEBBIE MILLMAN Curation. Debbie has co-curated conferences, events and exhibitions for institutions including HOW DESIGN LIVE, the AIGA National Conference and many others. Since 2013 she has curated 30 Covers, 30 Days for National November Writing Month. In September 2017, she curated a show for the Museum of Design in Atlanta titled Text Me: How

We Live In

BRAND THINKING

Brand Thinking is a powerful look at the role brand plays in society, politics, economics, psychology and technology." FORBES. . "Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits, by designer extraordinaire Debbie Millman, contains twenty interviews with the world’s leading designers and thinkers in branding. The interviews contain spirited

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Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters.

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events. Historically, humans have used this sharing of experience to pass on knowledge, beliefs, values, secrets and information. Through stories we explain how things are, why they are, and our role and purpose.

MASTER IN BRANDING

Debbie co-founded The Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts with Steven Heller in 2009. The program is the first of its kind in the United States. It is a one-year graduate degree that examines the relationship between design and strategy, and the power of design thinking as a way to combine creative skills with the problem-solving and decision-making processes of design and business. NYC | DEBBIE MILLMAN Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the podcast Design Matters. SELF PORTRAIT AS YOUR TRAITOR Self Portrait as Your Traitor. Debbie Millman's illustrated essays and visual poems are part philosophy, part art, part deeply personal memoir exposing the universal triumphs and tribulations of being human. Her hand-lettered typography — sometimes tender, sometimes gritty, always breathtaking in its visceral candor — makes

Self-Portrait as

TURNING 30 | DEBBIE MILLMAN Turning 30. By Debbie Millman. Three major things happened when I turned 30: I got divorced, I quit my job and I moved out of the studio apartment I shared with my husband. Luckily, I found a good therapist and subsequently spent the next year frequenting her office, freelancing and then moving yet again, after the wretched discovery

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