AIGA CO presents: Debbie Millman of Sterling Brands March 5, 2009

Why We Buy, Why We Brand: A historical look at branding ourselves, the world around us, and how it influences the products we buy and why we live the way we do.

Join us for a thoughtful and provocative evening with one of today's most engaging and insightful design thinkers. Debbie is a Partner and President of the Design division at Sterling Brands, one of the leading brand identity firms in the country. Debbie is a board member of AIGA, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of Technology. She is also an author on the design blog Speak Up, a regular contributor to Print Magazine and she hosts a weekly internet radio talk show on the Voice America Business network titled Design Matters.

Her first book, "How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer," was published by Allworth Press in 2007; her second, "Essential Principles of Graphic Design," was published by Rotovision in 2008, and a book of illustrated essays titled "Look Both Ways" will be published in the Fall.