Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy's habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
Designers provide ways into—and out of—the flood of words by breaking up text into pieces and offering shortcuts and alternate routes through masses of… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
Are some free fonts a gift to humanity rather than a blight on typographic civilization ? — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
Working within the constraints of a problem is part of the fun and challenge of design. — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
Universal design systems can no longer be dismissed as the irrelevant musings of a small, localized design community. A second modernism has emerged, reinvigorating… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
Design is an art of situations. Designers respond to a need, a problem, a circumstance, that arises in the world. The best work is… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
You have to be prepared to give creative work 150%. I hear a lot of young people talking about life/work balance, which I think… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
Letters do love one another. However, due to their anatomical differences, some letters have a hard time achieving intimacy. — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
To say a grid is limiting is to say that language is limiting, or typography is limiting. It is up to us to use… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
Urban public space is a stage for viewing the field of graphic design in its diversity. A mix of voices, from advertising to activism,… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
