Mimi Váldes

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Design, Arts

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Debbie talks to Mimi Valdés about her unstoppable career, from magazine editor to her creative partnership with the pop singer Pharrell Williams.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	This is Design Matters with Debbie Millman from Design Observer.com.
0:14.0	For 11 years now, Debbie Millman has been talking with designers and other creative types about what they do,
0:22.0	how they got to be who they are,
0:24.0	and what they're thinking about. On this podcast, Debbie Milman talks with Mimi Valdez
0:28.6	about her unstoppable career from a magazine editor to her creative partnership with a pop singer
0:34.1	Pharel Williams. We look for what's not there, you know, and we're like, okay, what's
0:37.9	not there? All right, let's create that. That's what's exciting to us. Here's
0:41.6	Debbie Millman.
0:43.4	Just mention the word happy, and chances are
0:46.7	there's a song that comes to mind.
0:49.3	Forrell Williams single, Happy, and its music video went viral topping the charts and winning a
0:55.6	Grammy for Best Music Video. Who was a massive creative force behind the
1:01.5	smash hit? Mimi Valdez.
1:04.8	She's been called visionary for changing the way we consume pop culture.
1:09.8	Her fingerprints are found on nearly every artistic medium out there from music and films to magazines and set design.
1:19.0	Today I'm going to talk to Mimi about the arc of her very interesting career, among many other things.
1:26.4	Mimi Valdez, welcome to Design Matters.
1:28.8	Thank you for having me.
1:29.9	It was so weird to hear that though.
1:31.9	It's, I feel like, uh.
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