Debra Bishop on Making Magazines

About this episode

Debra Bishop discusses her influential career in magazine design and editorial work.

This week on the DesignThinkers podcast, I’m joined by Debra Bishop—an award-winning creative director and one of editorial design’s most influential voices. Over the past four decades, Debra has shaped the look and feel of some of publishing’s most iconic titles—from her early days at Rolling Stone, to launching magazines at Martha Stewart, to serving as a design director at The New York Times. For the last eight years, Debra brought her bold, playful vision to The New York Times for Kids, a...

People in this episode

Guest: Debra Bishop

Topics covered

• magazine design
• editorial design
• creative direction
• publishing
• influential designers

Keywords

• magazines
• design
• Debra Bishop
• Rolling Stone
• The New York Times
• creative director
• editorial design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rolling Stone, Martha Stewart, The New York Times, The New York Times for Kids

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