Hasta La Ideas

“Blogs are so yesterday.”

Ellen Lupton spoke at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia Tuesday evening as part of the five-part lecture series, Periodic Lectures on Design. The lectures, sponsored by the University of the Art’s Corzo Center for the Creative Economy and DesignPhiladelphia, are intended to create a dialogue about innovative and creative ways of navigating through design and business.

Ellen Lupton, who believes “lectures should never be longer than a TV show,” gave a humorous and inspiring lecture on her self-published books—intended to help others use design as a tool. She also addressed how books “have become a site of frenzied social activity” for a generation assumed to have moved away from print. To set the tone, Lupton admitted: “People often assume I’m shy but once I get a phallic object in my hand…” [insert smirk and awkward laughs here] “You should try it, ladies. It’s nice.”

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