Graphic Design in Urban Environments - Softcover

Robert Harland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472597745 ISBN 13: 9781472597748

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Synopsis

Graphic Design in Urban Environments introduces the idea of a category of designed graphic objects that significantly contribute to the functioning of urban systems. These elements, smaller than buildings, are generally understood by urban designers to comprise such phenomena as sculpture, clock towers, banners, signs, large screens, the portrayal of images on buildings through smart screens, and other examples of what urban designers call urban objects.The graphic object as it is defined here also refers to a range of familiar things invariably named in the literature as maps, street numbers, route signs, bus placards, signs, architectural communication, commercial vernacular, outdoor publicity, lettering, banners, screens, traffic and direction signs and street furniture. One can also add markings of a sports pitch, lighting, bollards, even red carpets or well dressings. By looking at the environment, and design and deconstructing form and context relationships, the defining properties and configurational patterns that make up graphic objects are shown in this book to link the smallest graphic detail (e.g. the number 16) to larger symbolic statements (e.g. the Empire State Building). From a professional design practice perspective, a cross section through type, typographic, graphic and urban design will provide a framework for considering the design transition between alphabets, writing systems, images (in the broadest sense) and environments.

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About the Author

Robert Harland is Lecturer in visual communication at Loughborough University, UK. He has published articles in a number of academic journals and conference proceedings. Before moving into academia, he ran his own graphic design practice, Harland Design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472597745
• ISBN 13: 9781472597748
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152