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Archigraphia
(Architectural & Environmental Graphics
Architektur- und Signalisierungsgraphik
la Création Graphique Appliquée à l’Architecture et à l’Environnement)
Zurich: The Graphis Press, 1978
Text in English, German and French
Cover design by Jean-Michel Folon
9.25 x 9.5″
hardcover
236 pages and 823 b/w and color examples of architectural and environmental graphics.
As Mark Blamire (Blanka’s man) says “Never judge a book by its cover, another quality book”. After the great sucess of Graphis Diagrams, Walter Herdeg was publishing a new squared hardcover book about a subject often developped in the Graphis magazine since the 1950′. The book is a real crossover of several important topics: from pictograms to road signage, guidance systems, lettering for buildings and shops, decorated walls or vehicle graphics.
A comprehensive survey featuring text sumaries, biographies and introductions featuring over 800 architectural and environmental graphic examples from the legendary designers with many uncommon examples.
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Contents:
- Preface by Walter Herdeg
- Index to Artistis & Designers
- Subject Index
- Index to Architects
- Authors Biographies
- Pictograms and Symbol Signs: Masaru Katzumie, Otl Aicher, Lance Wyman, Shigeo Fukada, etc.
- Traffic and Highway Signage: Buenos Aires, England, DRU, Chermayeff & Geismar, Wim Crouwel, etc.
- Visual Guidance Systems: Introduced by John Follis: Vignelli Associates (wow – 20 page review on NYC Transit Authority Guidelines), Adrian Frutiger, Total Design, Jean Widmer, Chermayeff & Geismar, Saul Bass & Associates, etc.
- Graphics and Lettering on Buildings and Shop Fronts: Saul Bass & Associates, Adrian Frutiger, Egbert Jacobsen, William Golden, Paul Rand, Rudolph de Harak, DRU, Leo Lionni, Milton Glaser, FHK Henrion, Ernst Keller, Gerard Miedinger, etc.
- Supergraphics and Animated Walls: New York, London, Minneapolis, Germany, Detroit, New Orleans, Armin Hofmann, CBS, etc.
- Transportation and Vehicle Graphics: Saul Bass, Albe Steiner, Lester Beall, Jost Hochuli, Hans Schleger, Nelly Rudin, Rudolf Bircher, Walter Landor, etc.
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Yellow pages feature studies and preparations from the NY subway signage designed by Massimo Vignelli.
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Some wall painting are designed by Armin Hoffmann.
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Legendary CBS wall designed by Herb Lubalin, now destroyed and reproduced entierely in the book.
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A lot of autografik.
More pics are avaible, Jonathan Turner have some in his flickr.
View the pics in my flickr.
I’ve 2 copies of this book, so I’m selling one.
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