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Design Matters with Debbie Millman
AIGA Medalist for Lifetime Achievement:
“Recognized for deftly embodying the many dimensions of communication design and for inspiring and guiding people and organizations to use design for social innovation as a strategic tool to improve the human experience.”
TedX Richmond
TedX Fargo
Unreasonable Institute
2018 Podcast: Curry Stone Foundation, Social Design Insights, “Who Designs the Designers? Interview with CH”
Educating for humanity, PopTech
Between classes ASU
published books and articles
The Intergalactic Design Guide:
Harnessing the Creative Potential of Social Design
“As homo sapiens’ entry in any intergalactic design competition, industrial civilization would be tossed out at the qualifying round.”
— David Orr, Earth in Mind
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“How the Architecture of Hospitals Affects Health Outcomes”
Harvard Business Review
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"Methods and Benefits of Measuring Human-Centered Design in Global Health."
Global Health: Science and Practice
post by Cheryl Heller, Anne LaFond, and Lakshmi Murthy -
“Forget Poverty, Let’s Talk Business”
Unreasonable
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Designing a Culture of Innovation”
CEO World Magazine
guest post by Cheryl Heller -
“Designing a Way to Measure the Impact of Design”
Stanford Social Innovation Review
post by Cheryl Heller -
"Education and the Future of Humanity"
The Berkshire Edge
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Measuring the Impact of Social Design”
Next Billion
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Dear Jeff Bezos, Have You Ever Been to the Amazon”
Design Observer
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Are You a Generalist Who Dreams of Being an Expert? Read This.”
Unreasonable
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Learning from the Profession We Love to Hate”
Unreasonable
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Putting the ‘I’ Back in Team"
Unreasonable
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Where Design is Going and How to Be There”
How Magazine and the AIGA Journal
post by Cheryl Heller -
“The Social Innovation Revolution”
PRINT Magazine
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Ideas Come From The Inside, Not The Top”
Thrive Global
guest post by Cheryl Heller -
"Through Design Workshops, Youth Lend Valuable Expertise to Improve Systems of Care"
Built for Zero
post by Cheryl Heller -
"56 Inspiring Designers Shaping Our World Today"
PRINT Magazine
Featured: Cheryl Heller -
"Design Adjacent: Cheryl Heller on career changes, innovation, doing things the hard way, and being an entrepreneur”
AIGA Design Podcast
post by Cheryl Heller -
“Harnessing the Creative Potential of Social Design”
Skip Prichard
Interview with Cheryl Heller -
“The Intergalactic Design Guide”
Infinite Earth Radio
Interview with Cheryl Heller
