Grace Bonney

Debbie talks to Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney about her new book on women entrepreneurs and makers and about the necessity and difficulty of change. “You can change your job, you can change your interests, you can evolve, but don’t expect that to be this seamless, graceful waltz into the next chapter.” 

Grace Bonney is a writer and founder of Design*Sponge, which launched in 2004 and attracts over 1 million readers per day. Previously, Grace was a contributing editor at Domino and House & Garden and freelanced with top publications like New York Home, Food & Wine, In Style, New York Magazine, and more. In 2006, she founded the D*S Biz Ladies series, and her book, Design*Sponge at Home, debuted in 2011. She also hosts a weekly radio show, After the Jump, which is dedicated to exploring the bigger issues within the creative community. Grace splits her time between Brooklyn and Upstate New York.