Elizabeth Karp‑Evans
Design for Care, Design for Control: Words Will Never Hurt Me
Language is a mirror for how we communicate with one another. When expressed as type, it becomes a graphic representation of our intention, interaction, and existence. How does the clarity or obscurity in the way that we design written language uplift or oppress? This talk will focus on a survey of how typography had been used as a means of care and a means of control in recent history based on the messages we as humans wish to convey.
About Elizabeth Karp‑Evans
Elizabeth Karp-Evans was born in Salem, Oregon. She is a founding partner and director of the New York-based creative agency and publisher Pacific. Elizabeth is deeply passionate about envisioning, building, and improving brands and communication systems across print and digital that function outside the confines of European design theory. She has worked in the field of contemporary art for two decades and has designed brands, exhibitions and publications for institutions globally. She is the former Director of Media, Communications and Content at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Elizabeth holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School for Social Research.
