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Robert Harland - Graphic Design in Urban Environments - 9781472597748 - V9781472597748
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Graphic Design in Urban Environments

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Description for Graphic Design in Urban Environments Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 64 colour illus and 36 bw illus. BIC Classification: AKC; AMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 243 x 9. Weight in Grams: 388.
Graphic Design in Urban Environments introduces the idea of a category of designed graphic objects that significantly contribute to the functioning of urban systems. These elements, smaller than buildings, are generally understood by urban designers to comprise such phenomena as sculpture, clock towers, banners, signs, large screens, the portrayal of images on buildings through smart screens, and other examples of what urban designers call urban objects. The graphic object as it is defined here also refers to a range of familiar things invariably named in the literature as maps, street numbers, route signs, bus placards, signs, architectural ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472597748
SKU
V9781472597748
Shipping Time
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About Robert Harland
Robert Harland is a lecturer in visual communication at Loughborough University, UK. Before moving into academia, he ran his own graphic design practice, Harland Design.

Reviews for Graphic Design in Urban Environments
Rob Harland's welcome, original and ultimately provocative book considerably widens the range of objects deemed to be urban/graphic design and provides some sophisticated analytical and critical tools with which to explain those objects. If they have any sense, it will be welcomed and used by graphic/urban designers, design theorists, urban and cultural geographers, as well as town and city planners. ... Read more

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