The Field Guide to Supergraphics: Graphics in the Urban Environment - Couverture rigide

Adams, Sean

 
9780500021347: The Field Guide to Supergraphics: Graphics in the Urban Environment
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0500021341 ISBN 13 : 9780500021347
Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

The definition of a supergraphic has changed over the last twenty years. Once, only a large decorative design on a wall or building was a supergraphic. Today it encompasses architectural delineation wayfinding and identifying signage, illustrative murals, and branding elements. A supergraphic can take the form of an enormous logo on the side of a building, a wall of multi-colored squares, or an oversized restroom symbol. Digital technology now allows for interaction and screen-based media on a large scale. The audience can now truly communicate with an architectural space in a unique and personal manner.

The difference between a large overwrought design on the wall and a successful supergraphic is typically based on two points: a strong concept, and interaction with the architecture, light and space. Many people can paint stripes on a wall. But a designer can use the entire volume, sense place, context and changing environment to create a story with words, colour and shapes. This book includes examples of the best supergraphics internationally. These are evidence of the sense of delight when a beautifully crafted graphic solution and smart concept are married to remarkable architecture.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sean Adams is a founding partner of the award-winning design firm AdamsMorioka and has been cited as one of the forty most important people shaping design internationally. A former AIGA national president, he is the Executive Director of the Graphic Design Graduate Program at ArtCenter College of Design. Adams is the co-author of Logo Design Workbook and Colour Design Workbook and sole author of The Designer’s Dictionary of Colour and the series Masters of Design.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The definition of a supergraphic has changed over the last twenty years. Once, only a large decorative design on a wall or building was a supergraphic. Today it encompasses architectural delineation wayfinding and identifying signage, illustrative murals, and branding elements. A supergraphic can take the form of an enormous logo on the side of a building, a wall of multi-colored squares, or an oversized restroom symbol. Digital technology now allows for interaction and screen-based media on a large scale. The audience can now truly communicate with an architectural space in a unique and personal manner.

The difference between a large overwrought design on the wall and a successful supergraphic is typically based on two points: a strong concept, and interaction with the architecture, light and space. Many people can paint stripes on a wall. But a designer can use the entire volume, sense place, context and changing environment to create a story with words, colour and shapes. This book includes examples of the best supergraphics internationally. These are evidence of the sense of delight when a beautifully crafted graphic solution and smart concept are married to remarkable architecture.

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Éditeur
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0500021341
ISBN 13 
9780500021347
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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