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Why design matters : conversations with the world's most creative people / Debbie Millman ; foreword by Roxane Gay ; introduction by Tim Ferriss.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Design, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 364 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062872968
  • 0062872966
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Contents:
Foreword / Roxane Gay -- Introduction / Tim Ferriss -- How and why design matters / Debbie Millman -- 1. Legends. Milton Glaser -- Alison Bechdel -- Eileen Myles -- Cindy Gallop -- Seth Godin -- Elizabeth Alexander -- Paula Scher -- Anne Lamott -- Albert Watson -- Marilyn Minter -- Steven Heller / Zachary Petit -- 2. Truth tellers. Chris Ware -- Brené Brown -- Esther Perel -- Tim Ferriss -- Anand Giridharadas -- Edel Rodriguez -- Carmen Maria Machado -- Lynda Barry -- Chanel Miller -- Cheryl Strayed -- Gabrielle Hamilton -- 3. Culture makers. Oliver Jeffers -- Michael Bierut -- Nico Muhly -- Alain De Botton -- Mike Mills -- Erin McKeown -- Amy Sherald -- Cey Adams -- Malcolm Gladwell -- Amber Tamblyn -- 4. Trendsetters. Emily Oberman -- Chip Kidd -- Brandon Stanton -- Amanda Palmer -- Sarah Jones -- Thomas Kail -- Aminatou Sow -- Christina Tosi -- Jessica Hische -- Saeed Jones -- Thomas Page McBee -- Michael R. Jackson -- 5. Visionaries. Shepard Fairey -- Maria Popova -- Louise Fili -- Isaac Mizrahi -- Maira Kalman -- Kenny Fries -- Marina Abramović -- David Byrne -- Thelma Golden -- Tea Uglow -- Ira Glass -- Eve Ensler (AKA V) -- Afterword / Maria Popova -- Everyone who has ever been on Design Matters.
Summary: Over the course of her popular podcast's fifteen-year reign, Debbie Millman has interviewed more than 400 creative minds. 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.
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Foreword by Roxane Gay

"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. Sharpened by Millman's penetrating commentary, the candid musings teem with insight and empathy. This sparkling collection is one to be savored slowly."--Publisher's Weekly

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.

"Debbie Millman has become a singular voice in the world of intimate, enlightening conversations. She has demonstrated time, and again, why design matters."--Roxane Gay, from the foreword

Over the course of her popular podcast's fifteen-year reign, Debbie Millman has interviewed more than 400 creative minds. 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."

In this illustrated, curated anthology, Millman includes approximately 80 of her best interviews with visionaries from across diverse fields. 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.

Accompanying each entry is a brief biography, a portrait photographed by Millman, and a pull quote written in Millman's artistic hand. Why Design Matters features 100 images and includes interviews with:

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. Jackson, Oliver Jeffers, Saeed Jones, Thomas Kail, Maira Kalman, Chip Kidd, Anne Lamott, Elle Luna, Carmen Maria Machado, Thomas Page McBee, Erin McKeown, Chanel Miller, Mike Mills, Marilyn Minter, Isaac Mizrahi, Nico Muhly, Eileen Myles, Emily Oberman, Amanda Palmer, Priya Parker, Esther Perel, Maria Popova, Edel Rodriguez, Paula Scher, Amy Sherald, Simon Sinek, Pete Souza, Aminatou Sow, Brandon Stanton, Cheryl Strayed, Amber Tamblyn, Christina Tosi, Tea Uglow, Chris Ware, and Albert Watson.

Over the course of her popular podcast's fifteen-year reign, Debbie Millman has interviewed more than 400 creative minds. 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.

Foreword / Roxane Gay -- Introduction / Tim Ferriss -- How and why design matters / Debbie Millman -- 1. Legends. Milton Glaser -- Alison Bechdel -- Eileen Myles -- Cindy Gallop -- Seth Godin -- Elizabeth Alexander -- Paula Scher -- Anne Lamott -- Albert Watson -- Marilyn Minter -- Steven Heller / Zachary Petit -- 2. Truth tellers. Chris Ware -- Brené Brown -- Esther Perel -- Tim Ferriss -- Anand Giridharadas -- Edel Rodriguez -- Carmen Maria Machado -- Lynda Barry -- Chanel Miller -- Cheryl Strayed -- Gabrielle Hamilton -- 3. Culture makers. Oliver Jeffers -- Michael Bierut -- Nico Muhly -- Alain De Botton -- Mike Mills -- Erin McKeown -- Amy Sherald -- Cey Adams -- Malcolm Gladwell -- Amber Tamblyn -- 4. Trendsetters. Emily Oberman -- Chip Kidd -- Brandon Stanton -- Amanda Palmer -- Sarah Jones -- Thomas Kail -- Aminatou Sow -- Christina Tosi -- Jessica Hische -- Saeed Jones -- Thomas Page McBee -- Michael R. Jackson -- 5. Visionaries. Shepard Fairey -- Maria Popova -- Louise Fili -- Isaac Mizrahi -- Maira Kalman -- Kenny Fries -- Marina Abramović -- David Byrne -- Thelma Golden -- Tea Uglow -- Ira Glass -- Eve Ensler (AKA V) -- Afterword / Maria Popova -- Everyone who has ever been on Design Matters.

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