Diy Kids

by Lupton, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9781568987071
• ISBN10: 1568987072
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-30
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr

Summary

Parents; aunts and uncles; babysitters; educators in schools, museums, camps and after-school programs; and young readers themselves will love exploring the design principles in D.I.Y Kids. Accessible and hands on, the book shows kids how to make their own graphics, toys, gifts, wearable art, party items and more. Aimed at the 'tween age group, the projects can also be done by younger children with some guidance. The sections are "Graphics" (including scrapbooking), "Fashion" and "Home and Hospitality" (make your own magnets, cards and stationery). All projects are explained with step-by-step instructions and colourful photographs of cool projects and the kids who make them. Kids will be creating not only the content but also most of the process themselves, using recycled and repurposed materials.

Author Biography

Ellen Lupton is a curator of contemporary design at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the director of the graphic design MFA program at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the author of numerous books, including D.I.Y. Design It Yourself and Thinking with Type. She received a Gold Medal for lifetime achievement from the AIGA in 2007.

Julia Lupton is a professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Citizen-Saints: Shakespeare and Political Theology and Afterlives of the Saints: Hagiography, Typology, and Renaissance Literature