Ellen Lupton Lecture and Workshop – Design is Storytelling

Ellen Lupton led a “Design is Storytelling” lecture and workshop in the core MDE course Integrative Frameworks: Technology, Environment, and Society II. The workshop walked students through narrative structures and effective writing techniques before students workshopped their own project statements. As part of effective communication, MDE students develop project narratives and refine their delivery.

About Ellen: Ellen is a writer, curator, educator, and designer, who “has authored and co-authored numerous books about graphic design, including Design Is Storytelling, Graphic Design Thinking, Health Design Thinking, and Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers. Her latest book is Thinking with Type, 3rd Edition. Ellen 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; her exhibitions included Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master and The Senses: Design Beyond Vision.” https://ellenlupton.com/