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Look Both Ways
In Look Both Ways Debbie Millman constructs a series of essays that examine the close relationship between design and everyday life. You’ll find inspiration on every page as you meander through illuminating observations that are both personal and universal. Each beautifully illustrated essay reveals the magic—and wonder—of the often unseen world around us.
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This new site coincides with the publication of my new book, Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design. It is a book about life, art, love, design, tunes, brands, poetry, shame, and even physics. In many ways, it is the culmination of 26 years of working, and probably took its first shape when I began my radio show on design and culture, Design Matters, nearly five years ago.
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The New Yorker

"Each story takes a different visual form: some jump off the page in a childlike scrawl; others rise in vertical bars; others frame a blank space. Together, the pieces pose interesting questions about the relationship between language and its visual representations."


New York Magazine

"Brilliant."


Cool Hunting

"Typographic Poetry."



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News & Events (Most Recent)More
Paging A Life In Books posted Feb.02.2010 in Reviews
Netdiver Magazine posted Feb.01.2010 in Reviews
A Visual Story About A Significant Object posted Jan.30.2010 in News
Christine’s Design Blog posted Jan.30.2010 in Reviews
anew_Designs posted Jan.30.2010 in Reviews
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Audio versions of the illustrated essays as they originally appeared in Design Matters between 2005 and 2009.