Paula Scher

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Paula Scher (2010)

Paula Scher (born October 6, 1948 in Washington, DC ) is an American graphic designer , painter and art educator . She has been the first female director of the New York office of design consultancy Pentagram since 1991 .

Life

Scher graduated from the Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania , and received his Bachelor of Arts in 1970. She moved to New York City and took her first job as a layout artist for the Random Houses children's book division. From 1972, she worked for CBS Rekords for eight years, creating legendary album cover designs. In 1984 she co-founded Koppel & Scher with designer and colleague Tyler Koppel. In 1991, she became Pentagram's first director in New York. In addition, she taught at the School of Visual Arts for over two decades and at times at Yale University , the Tyler School of Arts and the Cooper Union. Her work is on display at New York's MoMA, the Museum of Design, and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. She has designed for the Public Theater, MoMA , the New York City Ballet and the Metropolitan Opera , among others . For Microsoft , she designed a new logo for Windows 8 and Office 2010.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1999 “Type Is Image,” DDD Gallery, Osaka , Japan
  • 2002 “Paula Scher,” Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
  • 2002 “The Master Series: Paula Scher,” Visual Arts Museum at the School of Visual Arts , New York
  • 2005 “Collection d'Affiches les Silos, la Maison du Livre et de l'Affiche,” Chaumont, France
  • 2005 “The Maps: Recent Paintings,” Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2006 “Paula Scher: The Maps,” Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2007/08 “Paula Scher: Recent Paintings,” Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York, NY

Awards (selection)

  • 2001 Honorary Doctorate from Corcoran College of Art and Design
  • Honorary Doctorate from the Maryland Institute College of Art
  • Honorary doctorate from Moore College of Art and Design
  • 1998 Art Directors Club Hall of Fame
  • 2000 Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design
  • 2001 American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Medal
  • 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art's Design Collab Award
  • 2013 National Design Award for Communication Design

Publications (selection)

  • The Brownstone, Princeton Architectural Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1616894283
  • Make it bigger. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002, ISBN 1-56898-332-8
  • Maps. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-61689-033-9
  • "Op-Art: Diagram of A Blog" New York Times Apr 5, 2007
  • "Better Signs of Trouble." New York Times Sept 13, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Scher, Paula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC