January 13, 2011

Designer, curator, and author Ellen Lupton will keynote CreateBaltimore

We're honored and delighted that MICA's own Ellen Lupton will be delivering opening remarks on the morning of Jan. 15th. She has worked on the cutting edge of design while rooted in a practical, D.I.Y. ethic. Her vision is closely aligned with our hopes for CreateBaltimore.

Ellen Lupton is curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. An author of numerous books and articles on design, she is a public-minded critic, frequent lecturer, and AIGA Gold Medalist.

Visit Ellen's website for more about her writing, ideas, and design work. We will have copies of some of her most recent books on sale at CreateBaltimore.

January 13, 2011

Three Words

We also asked participants in CreateBaltimore to share "three words that describe you." Here is a word cloud of all the responses:

January 12, 2011

What sorts of people are coming to CreateBaltimore?

Curious about what kind of people you'll meet at CreateBaltimore? This chart shows the words registrants have used to describe themselves (most people picked more than one).

"Entrepreneur" is the most popular term (75 out of 160 registrants), followed closely by "Artist," "Technologist," and "Designer." Sounds like just the sort of crowd we were hoping for.

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