Paula Scher: painting with words

Hand-painted map of Philadelphia at Tyler School of Art. (PHOTO: Pentagram)

2008 US presidential election poster. (PHOTO: Pentagram)

Identity for free Shakespeare performances in Central Park (PHOTO: Pentagram)

New Jersey Performing Arts Center. A donated building with a low budget to turn it into something lively and creative. (PHOTO: Pentagram)

A revised logo and updated “Tiffany blue” for the heritage brand. (PHOTO: Pentagram)

Brand identity designed when Citicorp and Travelers Group merged to create Citigroup (1998). (PHOTO: Pentagram)

Identity and wayfinding for the Highline, Manhattan. (PHOTO: Pentagram)

Identity for The Metropolitan Opera, circa 2006. (PHOTO: Pentagram)

New York City Ballet - new identity and graphics, circa 2008. (PHOTO: Pentagram)

Paula Scher, Type is Image, Die Neue Sammlung. (PHOTO: Anna Seibel)

Paula Scher, Type is Image, Die Neue Sammlung (PHOTO: Anna Seibel)