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| + | Muriel Cooper worked across four decades at the Massachusetts Institute of | ||
| + | Technology in overlapping roles as a graphic designer, teacher, and | ||
| + | researcher. | ||
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| + | As the first Design Director of the MIT Press, Cooper established a | ||
| + | comprehensive publishing program and designed books like ''The Bauhaus'' | ||
| + | (1969) and ''Learning from Las Vegas'' (1972). As co-founder of the Visible | ||
| + | Language Workshop, she taught experimental printing, tested large-format | ||
| + | Polaroid photography, and integrated video systems in MIT's Department of | ||
| + | Architecture. At the MIT Media Lab, she developed some of the earliest | ||
| + | computer interfaces and educated a generation of designers. [http://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/open-reading-group/2014-February/000074.html] | ||
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| + | ; Writings | ||
| + | * [http://cc.tiffhockin.info/readings/Cooper_New-Graphic-Languages_1989.pdf "Computers and Design"], ''Design Quarterly'' 142 (1989), pp 1+4-31. | ||
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| + | ; Lecture | ||
| + | * [http://blogs.walkerart.org/design/2014/04/09/listen-muriel-cooper-on-art-and-technology-in-the-information-age-1987/ Muriel Cooper on "Art and Technology in the Information Age"], Walker Art Center Auditorium, 30 Mar 1987. Audio recording, 96 min. | ||
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; Literature | ; Literature | ||
* Janet Abrams, [http://www.aiga.org/medalist-murielcooper/ "Muriel Cooper"], ''I.D. Magazine'', 1994. | * Janet Abrams, [http://www.aiga.org/medalist-murielcooper/ "Muriel Cooper"], ''I.D. Magazine'', 1994. | ||
| − | * David Reinfurt, ''[http://cavs.mit.edu/MEDIA/Thisstandsasasketchforthefuture.pdf This Stands as a Sketch for the Future: Muriel Cooper and the Visible Language Workshop]'', New York: Dexter Sinister, 2007, 16 pp. | + | * David Reinfurt, ''[http://cavs.mit.edu/MEDIA/Thisstandsasasketchforthefuture.pdf This Stands as a Sketch for the Future: Muriel Cooper and the Visible Language Workshop]'', New York: Dexter Sinister, 2007, 16 pp. [http://www.dextersinister.org/library.html?id=122] |
* Matthew Shen Goodman, [http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/this-stands-as-a-sketch-for-the-future-muriel-coopers-messages-and-means/ "This Stands As A Sketch For The Future: Muriel Cooper’s Messages and Means"], ''Art in America'', 26 Mar 2014. Interview with David Reinfurt. | * Matthew Shen Goodman, [http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/this-stands-as-a-sketch-for-the-future-muriel-coopers-messages-and-means/ "This Stands As A Sketch For The Future: Muriel Cooper’s Messages and Means"], ''Art in America'', 26 Mar 2014. Interview with David Reinfurt. | ||
* Dante Carlos, [http://blogs.walkerart.org/design/2014/04/09/muriel-cooper-turning-time-into-space/ "Muriel Cooper: Turning Time into Space"], 9 Apr 2014. Interview with Robert Wiesenberger and David Reinfurt. | * Dante Carlos, [http://blogs.walkerart.org/design/2014/04/09/muriel-cooper-turning-time-into-space/ "Muriel Cooper: Turning Time into Space"], 9 Apr 2014. Interview with Robert Wiesenberger and David Reinfurt. | ||
; Links | ; Links | ||
| − | * [http://messagesandmeans.com/ Messages and Means: Muriel Cooper at MIT], exhibition, Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Columbia University, 2014. | + | * [http://messagesandmeans.com/ Messages and Means: Muriel Cooper at MIT], exhibition, Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Columbia University, 2014. [http://d2pi0bc9ewx28h.cloudfront.net/xc8eojt/4GSn1m0w6/messagesandmeans.pdf Booklet]. |
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Cooper Cooper at Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category:Graphic design|Cooper, Muriel]] | [[Category:Graphic design|Cooper, Muriel]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:12, 17 April 2015
Muriel Cooper worked across four decades at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in overlapping roles as a graphic designer, teacher, and researcher.
As the first Design Director of the MIT Press, Cooper established a comprehensive publishing program and designed books like The Bauhaus (1969) and Learning from Las Vegas (1972). As co-founder of the Visible Language Workshop, she taught experimental printing, tested large-format Polaroid photography, and integrated video systems in MIT's Department of Architecture. At the MIT Media Lab, she developed some of the earliest computer interfaces and educated a generation of designers. [1]
- Writings
- "Computers and Design", Design Quarterly 142 (1989), pp 1+4-31.
- Lecture
- Muriel Cooper on "Art and Technology in the Information Age", Walker Art Center Auditorium, 30 Mar 1987. Audio recording, 96 min.
- Literature
- Janet Abrams, "Muriel Cooper", I.D. Magazine, 1994.
- David Reinfurt, This Stands as a Sketch for the Future: Muriel Cooper and the Visible Language Workshop, New York: Dexter Sinister, 2007, 16 pp. [2]
- Matthew Shen Goodman, "This Stands As A Sketch For The Future: Muriel Cooper’s Messages and Means", Art in America, 26 Mar 2014. Interview with David Reinfurt.
- Dante Carlos, "Muriel Cooper: Turning Time into Space", 9 Apr 2014. Interview with Robert Wiesenberger and David Reinfurt.
- Links
- Messages and Means: Muriel Cooper at MIT, exhibition, Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Columbia University, 2014. Booklet.
- Cooper at Wikipedia
