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First edition |
| Description |
264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 x 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduzione -- Classico -- Tradizionale -- Eclettico -- Futurista e fascista -- La strada -- La spiaggia -- Fantasma -- Il pittore -- Le foto. |
| Summary |
For 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. |
| Subject |
Signs and signboards -- Italy -- History.
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Graphic design (Typography) -- Italy -- History.
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Signs and signboards -- Italy -- Pictorial works.
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Graphic design (Typography) -- Italy -- Pictorial works.
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Italy -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
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| ISBN |
9781616892692 hardcover |
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1616892692 hardcover |
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