Ellen Lupton

Ellen Lupton is a graphic designer, writer, curator and educator.

Lupton described the evolution of her own career like this: "I studied design and art in the early 1980s at The Cooper Union in New York City. When I graduated, I was invited to run a small design gallery inside the school. I did that for seven years. I was a do-it-yourself curator, hanging my own shows, keeping the windows clean, trimming the labels. At the same time, I was publishing a lot, building a reputation as a writer and critic. In 1992, I was offered a ‘real job’ at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, also in New York City. Now, I had the opportunity to create much larger exhibitions for a bigger public. Each exhibition has been accompanied by a sturdy exhibition catalogue and ambitious public programming." [http://www.elupton.com/index.php?id=85]

Her exhibitions have included: "Mechanical Brides" in 1993; "Mixing Messages" in 1996; "Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age" in 1999; Cooper-Hewitt "National Design Triennial" in 2000, 2003 and 2006; "Skin: Surface, Substance + Design" in 2002; "Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table" in 2006; and "Solos: New Design from Israel" in 2006. [http://www.elupton.com/index.php?s=about] [http://cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/past.asp]

Since 1997 Lupton has also been the director of the Master of Fine Art program in graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA): "In 1997, I was invited to run the graphic design program at Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore, a big, tough city that is two hours by train from New York. Baltimore is my hometown, and a fun place to live. Cooper-Hewitt has allowed me to live in Baltimore for the past ten years and continue as a part-time curator." [http://www.elupton.com/index.php?id=85]

Exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt curated by Lupton

* "Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office", August 17, 1993 to January 2, 1994.
* "Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection", February 9, 1999 through May 23, 1999. [http://cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/archive/berman/start.htm]
* "National Design Triennial: Design Culture Now", March 7, 2000 through August 6, 2000. [http://www.cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/triennial/design_culture_now.asp]
* "Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design", May 7, 2002 through September 15, 2002.
* "National Design Triennial: Inside Design Now", April 22, 2003 through January 25, 2004. [http://www.cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/triennial/inside_design_now.asp]
* "Solos: New Design from Israel ", January 27, 2006 through April 16, 2006. [http://www.cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/solos/new_design_from_israel.asp]
* "Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500–2005", May 5, 2006 through October 29, 2006. [http://cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/feeding_desire/index.asp]
* "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006", December 8, 2006 through July 29, 2007. [http://cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/triennial/design_life_now.asp]

Books

* "Design Writing Research", Phaidon Press. (ISBN 978-0714838519)
* "D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself", Princeton Architectural Press, 2006. (ISBN 978-1568985527)
* "Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students", Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. (ISBN 978-1568984483)
* "Skin: Surface, Substance, Design", Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. (ISBN 978-1568987118)
* "Graphic Design: The New Basics" (Co-authored by Jennifer Cole Phillips ) (ISBN 978-1568987705)
* "D.I.Y.: Kids" (Co-authored by Julia Lupton) (ISBN 978-1568987071)
* "Mixing Messages" (ISBN 978-1568980997)
* "The ABC's of Bauhaus, the Bauhaus and Design Theory" (ISBN 978-1878271426)

ee also

* List of AIGA medalists
* First Things First 2000 manifesto
* "Emigre" , 1999. [http://www.emigre.com/EMag.php?issue=51]

References

* Online biography [http://www.elupton.com/index.php?s=about]