‘Muriel’

A series of animations celebrate the pioneering designer Muriel Cooper on the 50th anniversary of her joining the MIT Press.

The animations reference iconic designs from Cooper’s four-decade career at MIT.

The animations capture the dynamism that was a hallmark of Cooper’s design.

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One animation sets in motion a series of book covers designed by Cooper from 1969-1973.

Reinterpretation of a 1990 design by Cooper that rendered the MIT Media Lab logo as soft type.

Inspired by a 1994 VLW design by Cooper, David Small, Suguru Ishizaki and Lisa Strausfeld.

Animated take on Cooper’s MIT Press colophon, originally designed in 1962-1963.

Inspired by a poster about Muriel Cooper, designed by Lee Willett in 1990.

From the exhibition poster for ’*Asterisk,’ designed by Otto Piene and printed at VLW in 1974.