Outdoor Types
An Urban Alphabet (Book & Magnets Set)
Seiten
2010
Ilex (Verlag)
978-1-907579-08-0 (ISBN)
Ilex (Verlag)
978-1-907579-08-0 (ISBN)
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In a homogenized world dominated by electronic and computerized type forms, the author takes a look at the real world, and presents over five hundred found letter forms through thoughtful photographs of everyday examples of our alphabet.
In a homogenized world dominated by electronic and computerized type forms, author Simon Jennings takes a unique look at the real world, and presents over five hundred found letter forms through thoughtful photographs of everyday examples of our alphabet. Jennings has been recording letter forms for over forty years, and this book is his tribute to the anonymous talents of vernacular artists around the world. For anyone interested in visual art and design, this beautifully produced book is a treasure trove of typographic delights. Presented as a special gift package, the set includes over one hundred of the letter forms on individual magnets sure to spark your creativity! Imaginative and inventive, bringing together an extraordinarily diverse range of letter forms, "Outdoor Types" is an artwork in itself.
In a homogenized world dominated by electronic and computerized type forms, author Simon Jennings takes a unique look at the real world, and presents over five hundred found letter forms through thoughtful photographs of everyday examples of our alphabet. Jennings has been recording letter forms for over forty years, and this book is his tribute to the anonymous talents of vernacular artists around the world. For anyone interested in visual art and design, this beautifully produced book is a treasure trove of typographic delights. Presented as a special gift package, the set includes over one hundred of the letter forms on individual magnets sure to spark your creativity! Imaginative and inventive, bringing together an extraordinarily diverse range of letter forms, "Outdoor Types" is an artwork in itself.
Simon Jennings trained as a graphic artist and is a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London. In addition to his professional experience of design and graphic art in New York, Chicago, and London, Simon Jennings has had a lifelong interest in painting and the visual arts, and has taught at several British art schools, including the Royal College of Art. He has conceived, designed, and produced many art and design titles including the award-winning Collins Artist's Manual, Collins Art Class, and Collins Artist's Colour Manual, The Ways of Drawing Series, and Vincent Van Gogh - The Complete Self Portraits.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.11.2010 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 900 colour illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Lewes |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 158 mm |
| Gewicht | 594 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
| Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Desktop Publishing / Typographie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-907579-08-7 / 1907579087 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-907579-08-0 / 9781907579080 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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