{"product_id":"why-design-matters-conversations-with-the-worlds-most-creative-people","title":"Why Design Matters: Conversations with the Worlds Most Creative People","description":"\u003cp\u003eForeword 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 Millmans penetrating commentary  the candid musings teem with insight and empathy. This sparkling collection is one to be savored slowly.Publishers 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 todays 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 podcasts 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 Millmans 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 categoryLegends  Truth Tellers  Culture Makers  Trendsetters  and Visionariesthese eye-opening  entertaining  and enlightening conversationsoffer 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 Millmans 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  Bren 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985824378933,"sku":"ByrdShop_0062872966","price":29.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780062872968.jpg?v=1770872889","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/why-design-matters-conversations-with-the-worlds-most-creative-people","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}