The publisher bills this book as "a collection of essays that examine the close relationship between design and everyday life." Depending on what you think of designer Debbie Millman and the notion of applying a confessional writing style to musings on the relationship of words and images, you'll either find this book illuminating and insightful or you'll find it overblown and self-indulgent. In either case, this is a beautifully produced and visually arresting volume (although the design sometimes detracts from the content). Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
In Look Both Ways, respected branding consultant and design community leader Debbie Millman has constructed 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.
Excerpt from "Look Both Ways"
It occurred to me, as I stood there, that I could simultaneously, vividly look both ways - backward and forward, in time - at once. I remembered longing to know what was coming, who I would become and how. And I suddenly saw it all over again in front of me. The light was exactly the same, and as the sun fell and the summer shadows slivered against the elegant, lean, concrete towers in the distance, I recognized the smell of the warm air, the precise pink and grey of the coming dusk and the mysterious melancholy and joy of both knowing and not-knowing, and the continuity that occurs when both collide.Debbie Millman
