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Synopsis
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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Review
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
About the Author
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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- PublisherLaurence King Publishing
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1856693376
- ISBN 13 9781856693370
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Letterforms surround us: inscriptions or names on buildings, directional signs for road networks, and signs within and around buildings. This book focuses on the letterforms and typography found in public places that help us to navigate towns, cities, and countrysides and that contribute to a sense of place. Featuring 700 color images of examples from around the world, it discusses the function and execution of signage. Part resource, part celebration, it brings together material that is of key interest to graphic designers, lettering artists, architects, and all those who are concerned with how towns and cities look and function. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123696205
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