Debbie Millman is the president of the design division at Sterling Brands. She is also President Emeritus of AIGA, a contributing editor to Print Magazine, and chair of the School of Visual Arts’ master’s program in Branding. In 2005, she began hosting the podcast show, DESIGN MATTERS.

In a previous "Design Matters" broadcast, Debbie interviewed the World-Class Art Director Peter Mendelsund. He is an associate art director at Knopf, as well as an art director at Pantheon Books. he is also a guiding force behind some of today’s most recognizable book covers: the Stieg Larsson books, the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace and Laurie Sheck’s A Monster’s Notes, to name just a few. Also, he has a new book about his life in graphic design coming out in April, 2014 (link down below, published by PowerHouse Books) titled, “COVER“.

To HEAR MORE TALKS with today’s most innovative thinkers and designers just click here, DESIGN MATTERS.

Here is their discussion down below, enjoy:

Ridley Scott and author Cormac McCarthy join forces in the motion picture thriller THE COUNSELOR, starring Michael Fassbender, Pen lope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. Cormac McCarthy, making his screenwriting debut and Scott interweave the author’s characteristic wit and dark humor with a nightmarish scenario, in which a respected lawyer’s one-time dalliance with an illegal business deal spirals out of control. Look for it to hit the big screen on October 25th, 2013.

This new Hollywood film sounds really great and the movie trailer looks good too. Don’t believe me? Well, here it is, check it out!!

Follow THE COUNSELOR Movie on Social Media:

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Plus, Here’s The Official Movie Website:

http://www.thecounselormovie.com

In today’s economy here’s a list that will make you cry… or at the very least,make you feel some major envy, ha ha! FORBES Magazine just released it’s annual “World’s Top-Earning Authors” List and it’s interesting to see who made the cut. One new Author to make the list is E. L. James who is ultra super-famous for her “Fifty Shades of Grey” (Vintage) book series. She debuts at #1, making about $95 million this year. Hey, you can read the Forbes article by CLICKING HERE.

Just for fun, hee hee!

The #1 New York Times Bestseller, “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” (Vintage, Random House), is out now in paperback (has been for awhile) so if you have not read it yet then here’s your chance to check it out. Of course, this is the book that Oprah Winfrey picked as her first choice when she brought back her “Oprah Book Club 2.0″ and the attention to this novel has been crazy. In fact, it’s being talked about as maybe being made into a movie!

Anyway, here’s a great video series we came across while viewing some tweets on the “Random House Speakers Bureau ” Twitter page. They show a recent interview that the Author, Cheryl Strayed, received as she appeared on the “Fanny Kiefer Show” (Shaw TV). It’s good stuff!

Oh hell yeah, we’re really happy to report that David Rakoff’s new book, “LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH: A NOVEL” (Doubleday), is still getting a ton of well-deserved attention. Like, just a few days ago, over at the NEW YORKER Magazine Website, the book received a very excellent and (we have to confess) EXTREMELY VERY well-written Book Review by Alexandra Schwartz.

Their main focus in that article talks a lot about the special writing style used by Rakoff. The book is written in a very unique prose and it’s really great that they discuss that issue with such clarity. It’s very cool, stop what you’re doing and check it out right now, just CLICK HERE!

“You have no idea what a bestseller looks like, until it’s a bestseller.”

Here’s some really great news! Over at the PAPERHOUSES Website they posted an article with Chip Kidd on their “Friday Reading List”. What this means is that they not only do a wonderful feature on someone, but they do an extensive interview as well. They talk about Graphic Design, Designing Book Covers, The Future of e-Books, and even Chip Kidd’s Current Reading List. It’s all very well done with a bunch of great photos. So, please be sure to check it out and if you’re active in Social Media, then please share this post on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Thanks!

Oh yeah, here’s THE LINK!

Debbie Millman is the president of the design division at Sterling Brands. She is also President Emeritus of AIGA, a contributing editor to Print Magazine, and chair of the School of Visual Arts' master's program in Branding. In 2005, she began hosting the podcast show, DESIGN MATTERS.

In a recent “Design Matters” broadcast, Debbie interviewed the World-Class Designer Hartmut Esslinger. He is the founder of frog design, inc., a leading global innovation firm, and one of the most respected designers and business consultants in the world. Esslinger sparked a design revolution when he founded frog design in his native Germany around the guiding principle “form follows emotion.” His work has defined the modern consumer aesthetic with such revolutionary products as the Apple Macintosh computer, Sony’s Trinitron television, Lufthansa’s brand and fleet image, Disney’s Cruise Lines and Consumer Electronics, and Louis Vuitton’s brand aesthetic. His designs are in the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum in New York. He is also Founding Professor of the Hochschule fur Gestaltung in Karlsruhe, Germany and Professor for Convergent Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. Also, His most recent book (link down below) is titled, “Design Forward: Creative Strategies for Sustainable Change.”

To hear MORE TALKS with innovative thinkers and designers just click here, DESIGN MATTERS.

Here is their discussion down below, enjoy:

Here’s a quick post to share this example of some cool graphic design created by Chip Kidd. He recently redesigned the PANTHEON GRAPHIC NOVELS Logo for a trade show banner they needed for the recent 2013 San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and we have to admit that it looks pretty damn good!

I don’t know why but I have become sort of addicted to these info graphic charts that help you find a book to read, ha! I mean, my reading list is usually pretty HUGE and I never really need this info. But every now and then I use one to mix things up. Adding some diversity to your reading habit is good thing. Give it a try…. and Good Luck!