Debbie Millman, On Rejection

Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:30am

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AAF Memphis & AIGA present Debbie Millman, On Rejection: How the Worst Moments of Your Life Can Turn Out To Be the BestMillman is President and Chief Marketing Officer, Sterling Brands and AIGA President Emeritus.

She is a designer, author, educator, strategist and President of the design division at Sterling Brands, where she has worked on the redesign of over 200 global brands, including projects with P&G, Colgate, Nestle, Kraft and Pepsi.

Debbie is also Co-Founder and Chair of the world’s first Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is President Emeritus of AIGA, the largest professional association for design in the world and a contributing editor at Print magazine. In 2005, she began hosting, “Design Matters,” the first podcast about design on the Internet. In 2011, the show was awarded a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award.

She is the author of six books on design and branding. Her visual essays have been on display at the Chicago Design Museum and Anderson University in South Carolina.


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