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Typographic matchmaking in the city : propositions for a pluralistic public space = voorstellen voor een pluralistische openbare ruimte, المزاوجة التيبوغرافية في المدينة ؛ إقتراحات من اجل مساحة عامة تعددية /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, German, Arabic Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Khatt Books, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: First editionDescription: 393 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789490939014
Other title:
  • TMMC [Distinctive title]
  • م. ت. ف. م [Distinctive title]
  • المزاوجة التيبوغرافية في المدينة : إقتراحات من اجل مساحة عامة تعددية [Parallel title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 711 TYP 23
Review: The typographic matchmaking in the city" book offers a brief range of essays that discuss the complex topic of public space from their respective authors' individual experiences and perspectives. Through specific anecdotes, they elucidate the problematics and implications of designing for 'public space' and multicultural communities. These essays frame and contextualize the research and designs presented by the five teams participating in the 'Typographic Matchmaking in the City project. They briefly shed light on the function and role of text in architectural spaces, discussing specific historical and contemporary examples from cities like Beirut, Dubai, Muscat, Cairo, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and addressing the various roles of monumental typography in public space.
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The typographic matchmaking in the city" book offers a brief range of essays that discuss the complex topic of public space from their respective authors' individual experiences and perspectives. Through specific anecdotes, they elucidate the problematics and implications of designing for 'public space' and multicultural communities. These essays frame and contextualize the research and designs presented by the five teams participating in the 'Typographic Matchmaking in the City project. They briefly shed light on the function and role of text in architectural spaces, discussing specific historical and contemporary examples from cities like Beirut, Dubai, Muscat, Cairo, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and addressing the various roles of monumental typography in public space.

English, German, and Arabic.

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