Grafica della strada : the signs of Italy / Louise Fili.

Main entry:

Fili, Louise.

Title & Author:

Grafica della strada : the signs of Italy / Louise Fili.

Edition:

First edition

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2014]

Description:

264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 x 24 cm

Notes:
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.

ISBN:

9781616892692
1616892692

Subject:

Signs and signboards Italy History.
Graphic design (Typography) Italy History.
Signs and signboards Italy Pictorial works.
Graphic design (Typography) Italy Pictorial works.
Arts graphiques Italie Histoire.
Arts graphiques Italie Ouvrages illustrés.
Graphic design (Typography) History Italy.
Signs and signboards History Italy.
Graphic design (Typography)
Manners and customs
Signs and signboards
Italy Social life and customs Pictorial works.
Italie Mœurs et coutumes Ouvrages illustrés.
Italy Social life and customs.
Italy

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 287992
Call No.: BIB 229488
Status: Available

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