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Ellen Lupton
Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, and graphic designer. She is director of the MFA program in graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. She also is curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City, where she has organized numerous exhibitions, each accompanied by a major publication, including the National Design Triennial series (2000 and 2003), Skin: Surface, Substance + Design (2002), Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age (1999), Mixing Messages (1996), and Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office. Her most recent book is Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students (2004). She recently completed the book D.I.Y: Design It Yourself with her graduate students at MICA, forthcoming in Fall 2005. She has dedicated her career to raising public awareness and critical understanding of graphic design. A graduate of The Cooper Union (BFA, 1985), she is completing her Doctorate in Communication Design at University of Baltimore. © Julia and Ellen Lupton, 2005. All rights reserved. |
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