Designer Paula Scher Explains How to Take the Beige Out of Middle School: Don't Be Afraid of Color

The project was conducted in the Achievement First Endeavor Middle School, a charter school in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Paula Scher and the rest of the Pentagram team (one of our 10 Most Innovative Design Firms), already experienced with public places thanks to projects like these library murals, tackled the typically beige world of lockers, tile, and brick, and turned it into something bright and bold. The transformation is actually relatively simple--no major construction was undertaken...