| Description |
351 pages : colour illustrations, maps (some colour) ; 26 cm |
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Catherine Griffiths Catherine Griffiths, Wellington Writers Walk -- Ilya Kabakov Ilya Kabakov, Antenna -- Richard Kindersley Richard Kindersley, Canning Town Underground -- Attila F. Kovacs Attila F. Kovacs, House of Terror Museum -- Anton Parsons Anton Parsons, Invisible City -- Maarten de Reus Maarten de Reus, G.R.O.E.N. -- Peter St John Caruso St John, Bankside Signage System -- Paula Scher Paula Scher / Pentagram, New Jersey Performing Arts Center -- Pierre di Sciullo Pierre di Sciullo, National Dance Centre -- Lawrence Weiner Lawrence Weiner, A Translation from One Language to Another, NYC Manhole Covers -- Addenda -- Notes on the Project Authors -- Notes on Type -- Notes on Type Designers -- Bibliography -- Books -- Articles -- Credits & Index -- Photo Credits |
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Michael Bierut / Pentagram Signage for the New York Times Building -- Paula Scher / Pentagram New Jersey Performing Arts Center -- Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt / R & R Studios M -- Maarten de Reus G.R.O.E.N. -- Pierre di Sciullo National Dance Centre -- Smith-Miller+Hawkinson, Barbara Kruger, Quennell Rothschild, Guy Nordenson Imperfect Utopia -- Josep Maria Subirachs Frieze for the New Town Hall -- Lawrence Weiner A Translation from One Language to Another -- Lawrence Weiner NYC Manhole Covers -- Gordon Young & Why Not Associates The Cursing Stone and Reiver Pavement -- Gordon Young & Why Not Associates The Eric Morecambe Memorial Area -- Gordon Young & Why Not Associates A Flock of Words -- Gordon Young & Why Not Associates Walk of Art -- Interviews -- Esau Acosta Estudio SIC & Buj+Colon, Monument to the Victims of 11 March 2004 -- Gustavo Aguerre FA+, Citat -- Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt / R&R Studios, M -- |
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Projects -- Ahn Sang-soo Hangul Gate -- Ashton Raggatt McDougall Marion Cultural Centre -- BBPR Museum-Monument to the Deportee for Political and Racial Reasons -- Joan Brossa Barcino -- Joan Brossa Transitable Visual Poem -- Joan Brossa Visual Poem for a Facade -- Cardozo Kindersley Workshop British Library Gates -- Paul Carter Nearamnew -- Caruso St John Bankside Signage System -- Chermayeff & Geismar 9 West 57th Street -- Estudio SIC & Buj+Colon Monument to the Victims of 11 March 2004 -- FA+ Citat -- Ian Hamilton Finlay Little Sparta -- Catherine Griffiths Wellington Writers Walk -- Rudolph de Harak Digital Clock -- Robert Indiana Love -- Integral Ruedi Baur Urban Design for the Epideme Quarter -- Ilya Kabakov Antenna -- Richard Kindersley Canning Town Underground -- Rene Knip ABC on the Hoofdweg -- Attila F. Kovacs House of Terror Museum -- Maya Lin Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Karel Martens Veenman Printers -- Anton Parsons Invisible City -- |
| Summary |
This is the first global survey of typographic art installations in public spaces. Public spaces are saturated with a discordant mix of messages, but sometimes a sentence, a word, or even an individual letter stops us in our tracks. This book features thirty-seven typographic installations in public spaces that demand attention with their graphic impact and communicative power. The installations can be found throughout the world, from the United States to Europe to Asia. Created in a variety of materials, they vary from huge signs on roofs to a stream of consciousness embedded in a road to structures that appear to be functional or decorative, but are in fact made up of letters of the alphabet. The book features projects by artists and designers including Joan Brossa, Maya Lin, Lawrence Weiner, Pentagram, and Paula Scher. Interviews provide insight into why the artists chose words over images to transmit the message, how the locations were chosen, how materials and typefaces were selected, and how each work connects with its landscape. Specially drawn maps show the locations for all those interested in discovering this unique kind of public art for themselves |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Alphabets -- Themes, motives.
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Graphic design (Typography)
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Public art.
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Words in art.
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| ISBN |
0500241430 (hbk.) |
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9780500241431 (hbk.) |
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