Come hear Debbie Millman speak on Thursday, February 12 at 6:00pm, Education Building, Room 1106 (Multipurpose Room). Free and open to the public! MIllman is a designer, author, educator, curator, and host of the pioneering podcast Design Matters.
Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, and a “woman of influence” by Success Magazine, Debbie Millman has built a remarkable career at the intersection of design, storytelling, and cultural commentary.
Debbie is the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the first and longest-running podcasts in the world. Over the past two decades, she has interviewed more than 700 of the world’s most creative thinkers and makers. The show has earned a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, multiple Webby awards and Ambie nominations, and numerous accolades from Apple Podcasts, which named the show one of their “All-Time Favorites” three times. She is also the author of eight books, including three 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, Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits and Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People. Why Design Matters has won a Graphis award and an iF award. Her most recent book, Love Letter to a Garden was published in 2025.
For more information contact kfitzger@odu.edu or carhodes@odu.edu. Presneted as part of the exhibition Queer’D: Works by Contemporary LGBTQ Graphic Designers.