ELLEN LUPTON is curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (MICA). An author numerous books, articles, and blogs on design, she is a populist critic, frequent lecturer, and 2007 AIGA Gold Medalist. Now working on Cooper-Hewitt’s 2010 National Design Triennial, Lupton also co-curated the museum’s current sustainability exhibition, Design for a Living World. Ellen Lupton’s latest book, Design Your Life: The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things (2009) , is co-authored with her twin sister, Julia; and her books Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book (2008) and D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (2006) are co-authored with her MFA students. Baltimore-based Lupton and husband Abbott Miller, a partner in the design firm Pentagram, met as students at The Cooper Union and collaborate on books, exhibitions, and their kids Jay and Ruby.
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Curator, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
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