Muriel Cooper

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Muriel Cooper (born 1925 in Brookline , Massachusetts , † May 26, 1994 in Boston ) was an American graphic designer , researcher and art teacher . For many years she was the director of MIT Press and co-founder of the MIT Media Lab .

Life

Cooper received a Bachelor of Arts in Ohio State in 1944, a Bachelor of Fine Art in design in 1948 and a Bachelor of Science in Education from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1951. In 1952, she became director of the newly formed Office of Publications Institute at MIT . In 1958 she received a Fulbright scholarship in Milan and then headed her own graphics studio in Boston for several years, where she designed the logo for the MIT Press. In 1967 she became the first art director at MIT Press and is known for her innovative book design. Her more than 500 works received awards in more than 100 competitions, including the well-known Bauhaus band. From 1974 she taught at MIT, was promoted to assistant professor in 1977, associate professor in 1981 and promoted to professor in 1988. Cooper has also taught at the Museum School of Fine Arts, Simmons College, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston University and the University of Maryland , among others .

Awards

  • 1992 Robert P. Gersin Design Excellence Award
  • 1994 AIGA Medal
  • Since 1997 she has been awarded the Muriel Cooper Prize for Design (2001 to John Maeda )

Publications (selection)

  • 1989 Computers and Design, in Design Quarterly, no.142
  • Reinfurt, David (2017). Muriel Cooper. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262036504

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personal data
SURNAME Cooper, Muriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American graphic designer, researcher, and art educator
DATE OF BIRTH 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Brookline , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1994
Place of death Boston