Debbie Millman Bio | Wiki
Debbie Millman is a popular American writer, educator, artist, curator, and designer best known as the host of the podcast Design Matters. Millman has authored six books and is the President Emeritus of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and chair, one of only five women to hold the position for more than 100 years.
Millman co-founded the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City with Steven Heller. Before, Millman served as the editorial and creative director of Print magazine. Millman’s illustrations have appeared in many major publications, such as New York Magazine, Design Observer, and Fast Company and her artwork have been included in several museums and institutes like the Design Museum of Chicago and the Boston Biennale.
Debbie Millman Age
Millman was born on November 2, 1962, in Brooklyn, in the United States. She is 60 years old. Millman celebrates her birthday on November 2, every year.
Debbie Millman Height
She is a woman of average stature. Millman stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Debbie Millman Family
She was born in Brooklyn and spent her childhood moving around with her family in almost all of New York’s boroughs, except Manhattan. Millman holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
Debbie Millman Wife | Partner
Millman married her wife Roxane Gay an author, professor, editor, and social commentator. The pair married in 2020. On July 9, 2020, her wife Roxane tweeted that they had already eloped but planned to have a proper ceremony officiated by Gloria Steinem in 2021. Millman and her wife Roxane got a puppy in 2020 and called him Maximus Toretto Blueberry Millman Gay.
Her wife Roxane is also a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, essays editor for The Rumpus, co-editor of PANK, a nonprofit literary art collective, as well as the editor for Gay Mag, which was created in partnership with Medium.
Debbie Millman Education
She studied at the University at Albany, SUNY for her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree. Millman majored in English with a minor in Russian literature, graduating in 1983. Over her years there, Millman wrote for the student newspaper, finally becoming the arts and features editor her senior year.
Debbie Millman Podcast | Design Matters
Millman is the founder and host of the Design Matters podcast which started in 2005 as an internet talk radio show airing on the Voice America Radio Network. This podcast is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the podcast is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives. Design Matters won a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in 2011. It was reported in September 2020, that Design Matters would be joining the TED podcast family.
Debbie Millman Why Design Matters
On February 22, 2022, Millman published her new book titled Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People. In this book, she has approximately 80 of her best interviews with visionaries from across diverse fields.
Debbie Millman Roxane
Millman married her wife Roxane Gay an author, professor, editor, and social commentator. The pair married in 2020. On July 9, 2020, her wife Roxane tweeted that they had already eloped but planned to have a proper ceremony officiated by Gloria Steinem in 2021. Millman and her wife Roxane got a puppy in 2020and called him Maximus Toretto Blueberry Millman Gay.
Debbie Millman Design
She became the President Emeritus of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) in 2014, one of five women to hold the position in the organization’s 100-year history. Millman is a retired board member and treasurer of the New York Chapter.
Millman designed campaign buttons for Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential campaign, wrapping paper and beach towels for One Kings Lane, greeting cards for Mohawk Paper and MOO Paper, and playing cards for DeckStarter and various others.
In September 2017, Millman curated a show for the Museum of Design in Atlanta titled Text Me: How We Live In Language, featuring artists and designers such as Ed Ruscha, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Shepard Fairey, Neil Gaiman, Deborah Kass, and Lesley Dill. Arts Atlanta named the show a bold first curation. She co-curated conferences, such as HOW DESIGN LIVE, and the 2017 AIGA National Conference. Since 2013, Millman has curated 30 Covers, and 30 Days for National November Writing Month.
Debbie Millman Branding
In 2009, she and Steven Heller founded a graduate program in branding at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Millman serves as chair of the program. This school’s inaugural class wrote and designed the Rockport book Brand Bible: The Complete Guide to Building, Designing and Sustaining Brands, and in 2013 the learners designed and created branding for the Museum of Modern Art’s retail program, Destination: New York.
Debbie Millman Net Worth
She works as a writer, educator, artist, curator, and designer best known as the host of the podcast Design Matters. Therefore, Millman has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Millman’s estimated net worth is $982,132.
How Old Is Debbie Millman
Millman is a 60-year-old who was born on November 2, 1962, in Brooklyn, in the United States.
Is Debbie Millman Married
Millman married her wife Roxane Gay an author, professor, editor, and social commentator. The pair married in 2020. On July 9, 2020, her wife Roxane tweeted that they had already eloped but planned to have a proper ceremony officiated by Gloria Steinem in 2021.
Who Is Debbie Millman
She works as a writer, educator, artist, curator, and designer best known as the host of the podcast Design Matters. Millman has authored six books and is the President Emeritus of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and chair, one of only five women to hold the position for more than 100 years.