For the longest time I’ve had a hang-up with Paula Scher, but I haven’t been able to put my finger on exactly what about her work irks me. Perhaps it’s her perpetual propensity towards post-modernist stylings? Or is it simply that she’s too loud.

Whatever, I say. It’s far too early in the morning, and I’m far less critically educated in these matters to give it more thought than the two listed above. And in any case, after reading this article from Pentagram about Scher’s continued work on NYC’s Public Theatre, she’s won a new convert. With eyes refreshed like my mind was a browser, now I see.

A few posters selected from the set shown in the article: