Writing
Foreword/Introduction
Innovation by Design: Creative Ideas That Transform How We Live and Work
Design By Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles In Design by Maggie MacNab
Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team, 5th Edition by Alina Wheeler, Wiley, 2017
Building Better Brands by Scott Lerman, HOW Books, 2013
Design By Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles In Design by Maggie MacNab
Fingerprint No. 2: The Evolution of Handmade Elements in Graphic Design by Josh Chen, F&W, 2011
Articles
The Gates Foundation: Five Renowned Designers Illustrate Global Health Stories You Should Know About
Print Magazine: Redesigning Blatantly Racist Brands is Not Enough
Fast Company: The real reason people are hoarding toilet paper and guns
Tournament of Books: Ta-Nehisi Coates 1The Water Dancer v. 4Optic Nerve María Gainza
Contributor
Chris Ware: Conversations edited by Jean Braithwaite, University of Mississippi, 2016
Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America by Amy Arnold and Brian Conway, Gibbs Smith, 2016
Sharpie Art Workshop: Techniques and Ideas for Transforming Your World by Timothy Goodman, 2015
40 Days of Dating: An Experiment by Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman, Abrams, 2015
Graphic Content: True Stories by Top Creatives by Brian Singer, Print, 2014
Worn Stories by Emily Spivack, Princeton Architectural Press, 2014
The Guided Sketchbook That Teaches You How To Draw! by Robin Landa, Peachpit Press, 2013
Archetypes in Branding: A Toolkit for Creatives and Strategists by Josh Chen, How Books, 2012
Art Direction Explained, At Last! by Steven Heller, Laurence King Publishing, 2008
Masters of Design: Logos & Identity by Sean Adams, Rockport, 2008
Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain by Stefan Mumaw, How Books, 2007
Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design by Chen Design Associates, 2006
Featured
A Glorious Freedom: Older Women Leading Extraordinary Lives by Lisa Congdon, Chronicle, 2017
Thinking in Icons: Designing and Creating Effective Visual Symbols by Felix Sockwell, Rockport, 2017
Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far by Stefan Sagmeister, Abrams, 2013
Women in Graphic Design 1890-2012 by Sabine Bartelsheim and Ute Bruning-Jovis, 2012
The Women of Design: Three Working Generations by Bryony Gomez-Palacio & Armin Vit, HOW Books, 2008
First, Break All The Rules by Curt Coffman & Marcus Buckingham, Pocket Books, 1999
Blurbs
Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives by Adam J. Kurtz, TarcherPerigee, 2017
Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist by Lisa Condon, Chronicle, 2014
Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers by Shel Perkins, New Riders, 2014
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Dan Pink, Riverhead, 2013
Designers Don't Have Influences by Austin Howe, Allworth, 2011
Starting Your Career as a Freelance Web Designer by Neil Tortorella, Allworth, 2011
Just Design: Socially Conscious Design for Critical Causes by Christopher Simmons, How Books, 2011
Debbie is the author of six books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page: How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer and Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits. Both books have been published in over 10 languages. She is the author of two books of illustrated essays: Look Both Ways and Self-Portrait As Your Traitor; the latter of which has been awarded a Gold Mobius, a Print Typography Award, and a medal from the Art Directors Club. Her artwork from these books have been included in the Boston Biennale, Chicago Design Museum, Anderson University, School of Visual Arts, Long Island University, The Wolfsonion Museum, the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art and more.
Debbie has been asked to write forewords and contribute essays or back-cover blurbs to many books.
