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 60 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. Please wear a mask while you are inside the store.
This story originally appeared in the 2021 October issue of Town & Country.A sneak peek of the forthcoming WHY DESIGN MATTERS, available for pre-order now! This event is free and open to the public.
Over time that very small part grew, and I came to understand that acquired tastes may be more challenging, but they are also infinitely more valuable. A very small part of me knew she was doing me a favor. I remember that breakup distinctly not because I’m still sad about it but because, as my ex was detailing everything about me she found too difficult to appreciate, a very small part of me knew she was talking about the best, most interesting parts of me. They don’t require any real consideration. Things that are universally appealing are unacquired tastes. It has no sharp edges, no flawed surfaces. Universal appeal is a dreary, bland thing. I am not interested in much of anything that will appeal to everyone. There is a dangerous tendency to conflate representation and inclusion with universality. We now have a cultural obsession with universality. All too often, taste is used as a cudgel to force conformity, to create a social hierarchy where those with the right tastes are culturally valued and those with the wrong tastes are not.