Artist to deliver presentation: 'How to Fall in Love with Typography'
Last modified: Mar 31, 2025, 4:39 p.m.
From: School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts has invited artist Ellen Lupton to Virginia Tech. Lupton will give a public presentation titled, "How to Fall in Love with Typography," in the CID Main Lobby, 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10.
Lupton is a designer, writer, and educator. The new edition of her bestselling book "Thinking with Type" launched in 2024. Other books include "Design Is Storytelling," "Graphic Design Thinking," "Health Design Thinking," and "Extra Bold." She teaches in the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (MICA), where she serves as the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz Design Chair. She is Curator Emerita at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, where her exhibitions included Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master and The Senses: Design Beyond Vision. Her Type Mom persona on Instagram (@EllenLupton) has over 195K followers. She received the AIGA Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.