Typotektur - Softcover

Museum Fur Gestaltung

 
9783907078891: Typotektur
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3907078896 ISBN 13: 9783907078891
Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

Typotektur takes a look at posters from various countries and periods, which share a special feature of typography: the tendency to break out of the two-dimensional space of lettering and establish hybrid links with architecture. Letters, words, or entire sentences form architectural figures, which can be read both as pictures and as words. The playful handling of typography has led to an exhilarating wealth of variations in the history of poster art. Starting with contemporary poster design, the widely divergent strands of development in the architectural treatment of lettering are traced back in time through the twentieth century.

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Synopsis

Typotektur takes a look at posters from various countries and periods, which share a special feature of typography: the tendency to break out of the two-dimensional space of lettering and establish hybrid links with architecture. Letters, words, or entire sentences form architectural figures, which can be read both as pictures and as words. The playful handling of typography has led to an exhilarating wealth of variations in the history of poster art. Starting with contemporary poster design, the widely divergent strands of development in the architectural treatment of lettering are traced back in time through the twentieth century.

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Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers
Publication date
2002
Language
German
ISBN 10 
3907078896
ISBN 13 
9783907078891
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
64