ELLEN LUPTON BOOKSIGNING AT NSNY

April 20th, 2006

ellen lupton booksigning for DIY: design it yourself hosted by nothing: something: NY and coeur noir letterpress with maryland institute

A wonderful evening was spent with the always elegant writer, curator, and graphic designer Ellen Lupton in the Nothing: Something studio. Together with Coeur Noir Letterpress and Maryland Institute College of Art, friends and fans alike came out to hear Ellen speak and to have her sign copies of her new book, DIY: Design it Yourself. If you haven't yet picked up a copy, we highly recommend it. Personally we gave copies to every friend and loved one who ever asked “What exactly do you do, now?” at the dinner table.




Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, and graphic designer. Her most recent books are D.I.Y: Design It Yourself (2006) and Thinking with Type (2004). 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), Feeding Desire: Design the Tools of the Table, 1500?2005 (2006), Solos: New Design from Israel (2006), 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.