Featuring examples from all over the world, the authors discuss the function and execution of signage, focusing on the intentional rather than on the accidental or temporary. Visually led, the book contains some 700 colour images, thematically grouped, and described in extended captions, and the best current examples appear alongside historical material.
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With over 700 images thematically arranged, from places as far apart as Korea, South Africa, China and the US, Signs is a fascinating insight into what is all around us but often ignored
Phil Baines is a senior lecturer on the BA (Hons) Graphic Design course at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and the author of Type & Typography. Dr Catherine Dixon is a visiting tutor in Typography at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Together they curate the Central Lettering Record.
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