An Interview with Debbie Millman
From Ligature 2010 at the University of Florida
by Karen Horton|February 17, 2010
Over the weekend of February 5th and 6th, 2010, the University of Florida hosted their Ligature design symposium weekend. In addition to student workshops, portfolio reviews, lectures, and a gallery opening, the guest list included Debbie Millman, Emily CM Anderson, and Nikolay Saveliev. Debbie Millman provided an insightful interview filled with advice for both students and forward-looking designers.
Filmed and Edited by: Dennis Eusebio, Varick Rosete
Big thanks to:
The UF Graphic Design Students & Faculty
Debbie Millman
Dennis Eusebio
Varick Rosete
AIGA Jacksonville
You can find previous coverage and speakers from Ligature here.
Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is President of the design division at Sterling Brands. She has been there for nearly 15 years and in that time she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Nestle and Hasbro.
Debbie is President of the AIGA, the largest professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine, a design writer at FastCompany.com and Chair of the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet. The show is titled “Design Matters with Debbie Millman” and it is now featured on DesignObserver.com.
She is the author of three books, "How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer" (Allworth Press, 2007), “The Essential Principles of Graphic Design” (Rotovision, 2008) and “Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design,” (HOW Books, 2009).
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Brian Slawson
on February 20, 2010 - 10:19 AM
You might also like to see this talk by Debbie Millman to University of Florida design students about "Ten Things I Wish I Knew in 1983"… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyjSjjBM1eI
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