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my pratt typography students are bringing in their first posters for crit today i gave them the text palette and image for paula scher’s legendary bring in da funk poster but they’ve never seen it before will show them her version after the crit ✨

Whoa, I love this assignment! I teach graphic design and typography and dying to know how the crit goes. Can you share a follow up on what they thought about their work vs Scher's??

…the program at Pratt is very cross disciplinary focusing equally on illustration and design. I spent a lot of time trying to break down the wall in their minds between the two. When people who self identify as illustrators and put design in a box they limit their typographic potential imo…

…There are so many lessons learned from practicing illustration that can be applied to practice designing, and vice versa, if we allow the information to flow freely from one to the other. Art school often inspires factionalism.

Thanks for sharing! I teach at a liberal arts university in MA, and most of my intro to graphic design or lettering class students are taking the class as their art requirement course so I try to a provide broad understanding of design principles, application, and experimentation