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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press

ISBN-101616892692

ISBN-139781616892692

eBay Product ID (ePID)201641396

Product Key Features

Book TitleGrafica Della Strada : the Signs of Italy

Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicEurope / Italy, Graphic Arts / Typography, Customs & Traditions, Advertising & Promotion, Graphic Arts / General

IllustratorYes

GenreDesign, Travel, Social Science, Business & Economics

AuthorLouise Fili

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight34.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-045477

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"A visual cornucopia of typographic signs photographed in her beloved Italy. a reminder that design skill is not only a function of what we make, but manifests, too, in what we mindfully choose to record." - Design Observer -- -, "Playful and bold, these signs evoke the charm and bustle of Italy's vital urban life." - Elle D_cor, "Forget the museums-the street signs are beautiful too. In Italy, even storefront lettering and advertisements contain visual gems."- Entertainment Weekly -- -, "Forget the museums-the street signs are beautiful too. In Italy, even storefront lettering and advertisements contain visual gems."- Entertainment Weekly, "I wish everyone could experience the magic of Italy firsthand. In the meantime, Grafica della Strada: The Signs of Italy offers a marvelous taste of the visuals I've found so captivating. Literally a photo flip-book of signs from across the country -- storefronts, road signs, street art, and more -- it captures how Italy's elevated design aesthetic plays into everyday life...We can all use a reminder that life is as beautiful as we make it."- MarthaStewart.com, "I wish everyone could experience the magic of Italy firsthand. In the meantime, Grafica della Strada: The Signs of Italy offers a marvelous taste of the visuals I've found so captivating. Literally a photo flip-book of signs from across the country -- storefronts, road signs, street art, and more -- it captures how Italy's elevated design aesthetic plays into everyday life...We can all use a reminder that life is as beautiful as we make it."- MarthaStewart.com -- -, "More than just a visual feast, the journal will ignite the senses of anyone who has traveled in the country.The book is packed with brilliant type specimens, and rather than providing in-depth context, Fili lets her photographs do the talking." - Communication Arts -- -, "Playful and bold, these signs evoke the charm and bustle of Italy's vital urban life." - Elle Décor, "More than just a visual feast, the journal will ignite the senses of anyone who has traveled in the country.The book is packed with brilliant type specimens, and rather than providing in-depth context, Fili lets her photographs do the talking." - Communication Arts, "...a treasure for all-especially those seeking inspiration in typeface and art direction." - Cool Hunting -- -, "Playful and bold, these signs evoke the charm and bustle of Italy's vital urban life." - Elle D?cor, "Playful and bold, these signs evoke the charm and bustle of Italy's vital urban life." - Elle Décor -- -, "?I wish everyone could experience the magic of Italy firsthand. In the meantime, Grafica della Strada: The Signs of Italy ? offers a marvelous taste of the visuals I've found so captivating. Literally a photo flip-book of signs from across the country -- storefronts, road signs, street art, and more -- it captures how Italy's elevated design aesthetic plays into everyday life...We can all use a reminder that life is as beautiful as we make it."- MarthaStewart.com ?, "A visual cornucopia of typographic signs photographed in her beloved Italy. a reminder that design skill is not only a function of what we make, but manifests, too, in what we mindfully choose to record." - Design Observer, "...a treasure for all-especially those seeking inspiration in typeface and art direction." - Cool Hunting

Dewey Decimal686.220945

SynopsisFor more than three decades, renowned graphic designer and self-described Italophile Louise Fili has traveled the cities and countryside of Italy cataloging the work of sign craftsmen in whose hands type takes on new life with a tantalizing menu of styles. Classical, eclectic, or Futurist; in gold leaf, marble, brass, wood, wrought iron, enamel, ceramic, or neon; painted, carved, inlaid, etched, tiled, or stenciled-- the creative possibilities are endless. Grafica della Strada is Fili's photographic diary of hundreds of Italy's most inventive restaurant, shop, hotel, street, and advertising signs. A major influence on Fili's own work, many of these marvels of vernacular design live on solely in this book, a typographic love letter to Italy that will be an inspiration to designers and Italophiles everywhere.

LC Classification NumberGT3911.51.A1F55 2014