Design Your Life by Ellen Lupton
"Design your Life" is a series of irreverent and realistic snapshots about how design functions in everyday situations by leading design thinker Ellen Lupton and her twin sister Julia Lupton. Including over 150 color illustrations throughout, it shows how design is about much more than what's bought at high-end stores or the modern look at IKEA. Design is critical thinking: a way to look at the world and wonder why things work, and why they don't. Illustrated with original paintings, "Design your Life" casts a sharp eye on everything from roller bags, bras, toilet paper and stuffed animals to parenting, piles, porches and potted plants. Speaking to the popular interest in design as well as people's desire to make their own way, this thoughtful book takes a fresh and humorous approach to make some serious points about the impact of design on our lives. As Chip Kidd, author, designer and art director says 'Lupton is exceptionally adept at both the verbal and the visual, which is not to be taken for granted in this new era of 'designer as author', an era that she so skillfully pioneered and has inspired many of us to follow suit'.
"Design your life is an utter pleasure, like a delicious tray of warm brownies that also happen to be nutritiousI've never encountered a book about design so smart and fun and unpretentious and easy to love." - Kurt Andersen, author of Heyday And Turn Of The Century."
Ellen Lupton is curator of contemporary design at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. An author of numerous books and articles on design, she is a public-minded critic, frequent lecturer, and AIGA Gold Medalist. Jennifer Tobias is a scholar and illustrator. She holds a PhD in art history from the City University of New York, an MLS from Rutgers University, and a BFA from Cooper Union. She served as a librarian at the Museum of Modern Art and Parsons School of Design.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312532734 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312532733 |
| Title | Design Your Life |
| Author | Ellen Lupton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2009-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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