“Cooper Hewitt demonstrates every day that good design is necessary for people and the planet. “It has been a great privilege to contribute to Cooper Hewitt’s important work,” said Lupton. “As a gifted curator and author, Ellen has organized many prescient exhibitions and publications, and her extraordinarily popular workshops and public programs attest to her generosity and inspiration as an educator” adds McQuaid. The honorary designation celebrates Lupton’s decision to continue exploring and advancing contemporary design matters through her teaching, writing, workshops and lectures” reads the announcement. “Throughout her 30-year career at Cooper Hewitt, Lupton’s acclaimed exhibitions, lectures and publications have covered every aspect of design-from broad concepts of typography to practical elements of everyday life. A graphic designer, curator, educator, critic and writer that has greatly influenced design professionals and design lovers alike through her work, lectures, exhibitions, teachings and books, Ellen Lupton “has played a pivotal role in introducing and educating a broad spectrum of people to the importance of design in our lives,” said Matilda McQuaid, Cooper Hewitt’s acting curatorial director on the occasion of Lupton’s honorary designation as curator emerita that celebrates the conclusion of her tenure as the institution’s senior curator of contemporary design.
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