Grafica della strada
Subtitle: the signs of Italy
By: Louise Fili
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781616892692
Subjects: Graphic design (Typography); History; Signs and signboards; Pictorial works; Social life and customs
Other titles: Signs of Italy :
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Introduzione; title: Classico; title: Tradizionale; title: Eclettico; title: Futurista e fascista; title: La strada; title: La spiaggia; title: Fantasma; title: Il pittore; title: Le foto; title: Grazie.