Muriel Cooper
Muriel Cooper | |
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Muriel Cooper presenting "Information Landscapes" at the 1994 TED5 conference | |
| Born | Muriel Ruth Cooper 1925 |
| Died | May 26, 1994 (aged 68–69) |
| Education | Massachusetts College of Art and Design (BFA 1948, BSEd 1951) Ohio State University (BA 1944) |
| Known for | Graphic design |
| Notable work | Bauhaus (book design), Learning from Las Vegas (book design) |
| Movement | Modernist |
| Awards | 1994 AIGA Medal |
| Patron(s) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Muriel Cooper (1925 – May 26, 1994) was an American pioneering book designer, digital designer, researcher, and educator. She was the first design director of the MIT Press, instilling a Bauhaus-influenced design style into its many publications. She moved on to become founder of MIT's Visible Language Workshop, and later became a co-founder of the MIT Media Lab. In 2007, a New York Times article called her "the design heroine you've probably never heard of".