Typographic matchmaking in the city :
Typographic matchmaking in the city : propositions for a pluralistic public space = المزاوجة التيبوغرافية في المدينة / edited by Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès. المزاوجة التيبوغرافية في المدينة - 1st ed. - Amsterdam : Khatt Books, c2010. - 393 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The typographic matchmaking in the city" book offers a brief range of essays that discuss the complex topic of public space from their respective authors' individual experiences and perspectives. Through specific anecdotes, they elucidate the problematics and implications of designing for 'public space' and multicultural communities. These essays frame and contextualize the research and designs presented by the five teams participating in the 'Typographic Matchmaking in the City project. They briefly shed light on the function and role of text in architectural spaces, discussing specific historical and contemporary examples from cities like Beirut, Dubai, Muscat, Cairo, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and addressing the various roles of monumental typography in public space.
9789490939014
Semiotics and architecture.
Type and type-founding.
Dimensional typography.
Communication in architectural design.
NA2543.S46 / T95 2010
Includes bibliographical references.
The typographic matchmaking in the city" book offers a brief range of essays that discuss the complex topic of public space from their respective authors' individual experiences and perspectives. Through specific anecdotes, they elucidate the problematics and implications of designing for 'public space' and multicultural communities. These essays frame and contextualize the research and designs presented by the five teams participating in the 'Typographic Matchmaking in the City project. They briefly shed light on the function and role of text in architectural spaces, discussing specific historical and contemporary examples from cities like Beirut, Dubai, Muscat, Cairo, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and addressing the various roles of monumental typography in public space.
9789490939014
Semiotics and architecture.
Type and type-founding.
Dimensional typography.
Communication in architectural design.
NA2543.S46 / T95 2010