Typographic match-making in the city : propositions for a pluralist public space / edited by Huda Smitshuijzen [and] Abi Farès.
Contributor(s): Farès, Abi [editor] | Smitshuijzen, Huda [editor]
Publisher: Amsterdam : Khatt Books, 2010Description: 393 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm001: 26272ISBN: 9789490939014Subject(s): TypographyDDC classification: 686.22
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 686.22 FAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 099550 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
English title page with Dutch subtitle (left-to-right). Arabic title page and numbering (right-to-left)
Text in English, Dutch and Arabic.
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