Type Talk Discussion – Paula Scher

Overview

A place where we talk about type

Discussion, comments, critiques, opinions on type Throughout  the semester  typographic works  related to projects and assignments will be posted. Students will comment in live synchronous class discussions to try and identify or answer questions related to posted content. Can also be assigned as homework assignments. This is part of class participation grade.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students will reinforce the typographic principles of the course through observation and critiques  of current work examples in typographic industry.
  • Students will develop a sense of current typography trends and be able to discus them with relevant terminology

Instructions

  • Netflix documentary on design Abstract: Art of Design Paula Scher episode
  • Watch some of this episode select one example of the expressive lettering of Paula Scher
  • Make a screen grab of the part you find the most interesting
  • Post image. Named “lastname firstname_TT_scher”.jpg
  • Comment below on what and why you selected

Other Episodes

https://www.youtube.com/user/NewOnNetflix/search?query=Art+of+design

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