Ellen Lupton (born 1963) is a
graphic designer
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,
curator
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,
writer
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,
critic
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, and
educator
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. Known for her love of
typography
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, Lupton is the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz Design Chair at
Maryland Institute College of Art
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a private art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the oldest art colleges in the U ...
.
Previously she was the Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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in
New York City
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and was named Curator Emerita after 30 years of service.
She is the founding director of the Graphic Design M.F.A. degree program at
Maryland Institute College of Art
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a private art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the oldest art colleges in the U ...
(MICA),
where she also serves as director of the Center for Design Thinking. She has written numerous books on graphic design for a variety of audiences. She has contributed to several publications, including
Print, Eye,
I.D.,
Metropolis
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A big c ...
, and
The New York Times
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.
Early life and education
Lupton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1963
and grew up in
Baltimore
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, Maryland. Her parents divorced in 1973 when she and her twin sister, Julia, were ten years old. As a self-professed "art girl" from a family of English teachers, her love of typography combined her love of art and writing.
Lupton attended
Cooper Union College in 1981 as a fine art student, where she discovered graphic design and the "expressive potential of typography."
Lupton described this discovery of graphic design as "a revelation... Design really wasn't in the mainstream back then. It was esoteric. It was the thing you did if you were very 'neat,' which I wasn't.”
Career
After graduating, Lupton was offered a position as curator of the newly-founded Cooper Union Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography.
This combined her long-standing interests in writing and design in her first curatorial position.
With an interest in the
do-it-yourself
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movement, Lupton took advantage of limited resources to visually construct the history of graphic design, surprising peers in her ability to meld the visual and verbal.
These exhibits provided an arena in which "objects, images, and text functioned as both the method of communication and the subject of inquiry."
At this time, Lupton began to write critically about typography and design, utilizing a
post-structuralist
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framework to understand how design is embedded in political, economic, and social contexts, saying, "
Typography
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and
architecture
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are not neutral containers for the content or programs they are thought to neatly accommodate. These are fundamental insights of
modern
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and
post-modern
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thinking."
She has cited
Ferdinand de Saussure
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,
Roland Barthes
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,
Jacques Derrida
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, and
Michel Foucault
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as informing her (albeit more
populist
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) work.
In 1992, Lupton joined
Cooper Hewitt as curator of contemporary design and began writing books about the design world. She ended her tenure as curator in 2022 and received the honorary designation as curator emerita.
In 1997, Lupton became a chair of the undergraduate
graphic design
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program at
MICA
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. She served in this role until 2002.
In 2003, she launched a new MFA program in
graphic design
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at
MICA
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and has served as the director of that program ever since.
D.I.Y. method
Lupton has cited an interest in the rise of social media, the imagining of online spaces, and the do-it-yourself design movements which shape the design industry. With the booming interest in self-help books in the early aughts, Lupton co-wrote ''D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself'' with graduate students from MICA. This book showcased ordinary people and new ways of designing their own work, from blog pages to book covers. "People don't just eat food anymore, they present it; they don't look at pictures, they take them; they don't buy T-shirts, they sell them".
Selected exhibitions
* ''The Senses: Design Beyond Vision'', April 3 - October 28, 2018 (Curated with Andrea Lipps). Exploration of experimental works and practical solutions providing new ways to experience the world. Featured work from Christopher Brosius, KunstLAB Arnhem, Studio Roos Meerman, and Maya+Rouvelle.
* ''Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial'', February 12, 2016 - August 21, 2016. Presented seven kinds of beauty — extravagant, intricate, ethereal, transgressive, transformative, emergent, and elemental — through the international work of 63 designers and teams.
* ''How Posters Work'', April 17, 2015 - January 18, 2016. Showcased the designer's perception in terms of principles of composition, perception, and storytelling, featuring over 125 posters from the
Cooper Hewitt collection.
* ''Graphic Design: Now in Production'', October 22, 2011 - January 22, 2012. Explored the broadening reach of graphic design over the past decade from a specialized profession to a widely deployed tool.
* ''Design for a Living World'', May 2009 - January 2010 (Curated with
J. Abbott Miller; exhibition designed with
J. Abbott Miller, Brian Raby, Jeremy Hoffman, Kristen Spilman/
Pentagram
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). Produced for
The Nature Conservancy
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Founded in 1951, The Natu ...
, this commissioned ten designers to create original product prototypes using materials from ten endangered landscapes. Designers included
Yves Béhar
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,
Maya Lin
Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American designer and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memoria ...
,
Isaac Mizrahi
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,
Ezri Tarazi,
Kate Spade New York
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Business hist ...
, and
J. Abbott Miller.
* ''Swarm,'' December 2005 - March 2006. Contemporary art and design from
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
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that reflect the logic of the swarm (simple structures yielding complexity).
* ''Skin Show'', May - September 2002. Brought artificial life into modern furniture, fashion, architecture, and media. Focused on the many different shapes and forms of household furniture.
* ''Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture'', Fall1996 - Winter 1997 (Graphics designed with Jennifer Roos, Frederick Gates, and Christine McKee). Critical survey of graphic design in the US from 1980 to 1995, with a focus on aesthetic, cultural, and technological changes.
* ''The Avant-Garde Letterhead'', Spring 1996 (Curated with
Elaine Lustig Cohen, designed with Christine McKee).
Showcased original letterheads and ephemera by
Herbert Bayer
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,
László Moholy-Nagy
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, and
Le Corbusier
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.
* ''Elaine L. Cohen, Modern Graphic Designer'', February 7 - May 23, 1995 (Designed with Christine McKee). Focus on the groundbreaking designs of books, book covers, and signage from the 1950s through the 60's.
* ''Living with AIDS: Education through Design,'' December 1, 1993 - January 2, 1994. Survey of contemporary AIDS posters addressing diverse audiences.
* ''Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office'', August 17, 1993 - January 2, 1994 (Curated with Sheri Sandler, designed with Boym Studio). Exploration of the design and production of objects central to the women's work throughout the twentieth century, including the washing machine, telephone, electric iron, and typewriter. Considered a visual history of the relationship between women and "feminine" appliances.
Publications
Books
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*''Graphic Design: The New Basics, Revised and Second Edition'' (With Jennifer Cole Phillips),
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2015. ()
*''How Posters Work'' (With Caitlin Condell and Gail Davidson),
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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, 2015. ()
*''Beauty: Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial'' (With Andrea Lipps),
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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, 2015. ()
*''Beautiful Users'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2014. ()
*''Type On Screen'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2014. ()
*''Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2011. ()
*''Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2010. ()
*''Design Your Life: The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things'',
St. Martin's Griffin
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, 2009. ()
*''Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2008. ()
*''Design Writing Research'' (With J. Abbott Miller),
Phaidon Press
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, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008. ()
*''D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2006. ()
*''Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005'' (With Sarah D. Coffin, Darra Goldstein, and Barbara Bloemink),
Assouline
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, 2005. ()
*''Swarm: The Fabric Workshop and Museum'' (With J. Abbott Miller)
Fabric Workshop and Museum 2005. ()
*''Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2004. ()
*''Inside Design Now: The National Design Triennial'' (With Donald Albrecht, Mitchell Owens, and Susan Yelavich),
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2003. ()
*''Skin: Surface, Substance, Design'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2002. ()
*''Graphic Design: The New Basics'' (With Jennifer Cole Phillips),
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2008 ()
*''D.I.Y. Kids'' (With Julia Lupton),
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2007. ()
*''Inside Design Now",
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 2003. ()''
*''Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office'',
Princeton Architectural Press
Princeton Architectural Press is a small press publisher, specializing in books on architecture, design, photography, landscape, and visual culture, with over 1,000 titles on its backlist. In 2013, it added a line of stationery products, including ...
, 1997. ()
*''The Bathroom, the Kitchen, and the Aesthetics of Waste (A Process of Elimination)'' (With J. Abbott Miller),
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 1997. ()
*''Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 1996. ()
*''The ABC's of Bauhaus, the Bauhaus and Design Theory'',
Princeton Architectural Press
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, 1991. ()
Books published by Lupton
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Awards and honors
* 2019 – American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow.
* 2007 – AIGA Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement,
AIGA
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.
* 2000 –
AIGA
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Fifty Books/Fifty Covers award, for "Design Culture Now" invitation design.
*1999 – Recipient, Iris Award for History of Decorative Arts,
Bard Graduate Center
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.
*1999 – I.D. Magazine Distinction Award, packaging category, for Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age.
* 1998 –
AIGA
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Fifty Books/Fifty Covers award, for "Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection".
* 1999 – First place,
American Association of Museums
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publication design award, for Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age.
* 1997 – Norton Family Foundation’s Curator’s Grant, $50,000 grant for exhibition development.
* 1996 – Winner, 1996
New York Magazine
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Award. Awarded to 10 New Yorkers who are shaping the life of the city.
* 1993 – Recipient of the
Chrysler Design Award The Chrysler Design Awards celebrate the achievements of individuals in innovative works of architecture and design which significantly influenced modern American culture.
Chrysler's awards started in 1993 to recognize six designers based in the Un ...
, with
J. Abbott Miller.
* 1992–1995 –
AIGA
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, National Board of Directors.
* 1994 to the present – panelist,
New York State Council on the Arts
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.
* 1995 – Juror,
Architectural League
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’s Young Architects Competition.
* 1994 – Winner, Best of Show award, Aldus Magazine annual design competition, 1994 for design of book, "The IOO Show".
* 1993 – Chair, American Center for Design “100 Show”.
See also
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
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*
Maryland Institute College of Art
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*
List of AIGA medalists
Following is a list of AIGA medalists who have been awarded the American Institute of Graphic Arts medal.
On its website, AIGA says "The medal of the AIGA, the most distinguished in the field, is awarded to individuals in recognition of their exc ...
*
First Things First 2000 manifesto The First Things First 2000 manifesto, launched by ''Adbusters'' magazine in 1999, was an updated version of the earlier First Things First manifesto written and published in 1964 by Ken Garland, a British designer.
The 2000 manifesto was signed ...
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''Emigre'' 51: First Things First, 1999.
References
External links
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Living people
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