Museums should activate multiple senses, not just the eyeball | Ellen Lupton | TEDxMidAtlantic

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, one of the highest honors given to a graphic designer or design educator in the U.S.
Ellen's book Thinking with Type (2004) is used by students, designers, and educators worldwide. D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (2006), co-authored with her graduate students at MICA, explains design processes to a general audience. D.I.Y. Kids (October 2007), co-authored with Julia Lupton, is a design book for children illustrated with kids’ art. The Lupton twins’ latest book is Design Your Life: The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things (St Martin’s Griffin, 2009).
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@liammurray2318]

I really liked the individual ideas that she discussed in this talk, though I feel that she didn't do enough to discuss how they could be implemented in museums.

[@Amaan_explores]

Connecting sound with shapes, what an incredible idea. This is a really good ted video, surprising it doesn't have more views on it

[@KFunMuseum]

Thanks for sharing.

[@MaryroRo]

Such an interesting talk, thank you so much👏😍

[@DannyBanner]

Good talk, though I recommend watching at 1.5 speed :]

[@rinat_khabirov]

for study English - it is normal speed

[@IanStiep]

1.25 is the charm

[@yurichan6522]

2:00 tHIS LADY HAS A gREaT SENSE OF HUMOUR hahahah

[@smooth1748]

So how do museums use this?

[@sandamm954]

an amazing approach of museum. human being is polysensorial, so it seems an evidence. but i'm not sure that french museums are going that way. thank you.

[@hishmahameedkadampaly2491]

we really have a museum like that with activated multiple senses The-national-museum-of-qatar

[@wisteria6656]

The museums in my city are dying, I want to learn about museology and try to find alternatives to this death. I have been researching on our populations opinions( but the answers dont feel very “trustable”) , I looked up about how to engage communitys with museums in google schoolar but its surprisingly hard to find good articles about this topic! Im lost ),;

[@BayArpi]

Check out Museumnext and follow Museumhack! Or simply learn from businesses. Good luck and strength for your work!

[@gypsism]

Good luck!

[@issuarteful]

Why don't you try to see how some museums are treating the idea of accessibility? It may be a solution. The experiences in this field are motivating both for those who have limitations and for those who do not.

[@wisteria6656]

@@issuarteful things are ironically getting better after they started charging! With the same amount of promoting… I dont understand lol But thankfully museus in my area always did things for blind people and deaf people 🙏

[@JoeSnodgrassworks]

Are these ideas supposed to be practically applied?

[@adelmoricardo7745]

I didn’t realize they read most of the things they say.

[@Rumpaine]

The crosswalks section is a bit ridiculous. I get that the space has to be accessible to people w difficulties, but other than that reminds me of toddlers. Do we really need to make sidewalks more accessible to people who lack self discipline to put down their phones... Dealing with consequences rather than causes.

[@MonsterKidCory]

Yes. Yes we do. Because what is the point of it? The point of crosswalks are to help people safely cross a street. That is their entire purpose. If they need to adapt so people can do it safely... well... that's the ENTIRE POINT of a crosswalk. Crosswalks are made for people, people are not made for crosswalks.