Ellen lupton

Ellen Lupton is a writer and graphic designer. She is director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. She has produced numerous exhibitions and books, including Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office Mixing Messages: Graphic Design and Contemporary Culture Letters from the Avant-Garde and Skin: Surface, Substance and Design
She recently has focused on bringing design awareness to broader audiences. Her book ‘Thinking with Type (2004) is a basic guide to typography directed at everyone who works with words. D.I.Y. Design It Yourself co-authored with her graduate students at MICA, explains design processes to a general audience.
I think ‘Thinking with Type’ is a state-of-the-art pedagogical tool for anyone who wish to improve his design skills. The lessons of Thinking with Type are applicable to typographic design wherever it is practiced. It is divided into three sections - letter, text, grid - each accompanied by an essay explaining key concepts, and then a set of practical demonstrations illustrating that material.

(http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/)