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volumes : illustrations, plates, portraits, maps ; 31 cm
St. John's : Newfoundland Book Publishers, [©1937]-
The book of Newfoundland / editor, Joseph R. Smallwood ; associate editor, James R. Thomas.
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volumes : illustrations, plates, portraits, maps ; 31 cm
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St. John's : Newfoundland Book Publishers, [©1937]-
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287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Santa María la Ribera, México : inSite, Casa Gallina, 2018.
Experiences of the common good : inSite/Casa Gallina, a project immersed in a neighborhood / edited by Pablo Lafuente in collaboration with the inSite/Casa Gallina team.
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287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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Santa María la Ribera, México : inSite, Casa Gallina, 2018.
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Une bande dessinée de Toma Bletner & Yassine spécialistes incontestés pour l'Instant du graphisme. Qu'ils soient typographes, publicitaires, directeurs artistiques, affichistes, membres d'un collectif d'artistes ou créateurs de mode, les grands noms évoqués dans les pages de ce livre ont tous contribué à imposer leurs créations graphiques majeures dans notre inconscient(...)
Une approche décontractée de l'histoire du graphisme
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Une bande dessinée de Toma Bletner & Yassine spécialistes incontestés pour l'Instant du graphisme. Qu'ils soient typographes, publicitaires, directeurs artistiques, affichistes, membres d'un collectif d'artistes ou créateurs de mode, les grands noms évoqués dans les pages de ce livre ont tous contribué à imposer leurs créations graphiques majeures dans notre inconscient collectif. De Bodoni et sa fameuse police de caractère, on apprend la rigueur. De Baskerville, la précision. De Cassandre, l'audace et de Brody, le modernisme.
Graphic Design and Typography
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191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Paris : Fabert, c 2008.
Architecture scolaire et réussite éducative / coordinateur Maurice Mazalto.
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191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Paris : Fabert, c 2008.
Politics of public space
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical,(...)
Politics of public space
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical, cultural, and geographical specificity of privatized and repoliticized public space in order to raise the possibility of a different politics of public space and a reimagined public sphere.
Urban Theory
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This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The book, which features essays by Alexander Alberro, Serge Guilbaut, and others, addresses various issues raised by(...)
Stan Douglas: Abbott and Cordova, 7 August 1971
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This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The book, which features essays by Alexander Alberro, Serge Guilbaut, and others, addresses various issues raised by Douglas' work, including the suppression and assimilation of the counterculture. It also includes other works from Douglas' Crowds and Riots series.
Photography monographs
Perspecta 43: Taboo
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The contributors, asked simply "What is Taboo?", respond with a range of examples. These include an examination of the relatively unknown work of the Italian architect Rinaldo Semino; photographs documenting the unseen, peripheral spaces of American life; a series of marginalia illustrating certain typographic don'ts in all their absurdity; a study of memorials erected to(...)
Magazines
September 2010
Perspecta 43: Taboo
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The contributors, asked simply "What is Taboo?", respond with a range of examples. These include an examination of the relatively unknown work of the Italian architect Rinaldo Semino; photographs documenting the unseen, peripheral spaces of American life; a series of marginalia illustrating certain typographic don'ts in all their absurdity; a study of memorials erected to Maoist insurgents killed by police and paramilitary forces in India; and a critique, by redaction and reconstruction, of Rem Koolhaas's essay "Typical Plan."
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Connaissez-vous le code alpha international ? Aussi nommé Alphabet phonétique de l’Otan, il est utilisé au sein de nombreuses professions en lien avec l’aviation ou les services de secours comme les pompiers, la police ou encore la Croix Rouge. Ce langage est officiel puisque chaque lettre de l’alphabet correspond à un seul et même mot dans le monde entier. Voici donc un(...)
Alpha
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Connaissez-vous le code alpha international ? Aussi nommé Alphabet phonétique de l’Otan, il est utilisé au sein de nombreuses professions en lien avec l’aviation ou les services de secours comme les pompiers, la police ou encore la Croix Rouge. Ce langage est officiel puisque chaque lettre de l’alphabet correspond à un seul et même mot dans le monde entier. Voici donc un abécédaire international qui donne la possibilité de se familiariser et de s’amuser avec un langage codé.
Children's Books
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John Bull's other homes : state housing and British policy in Ireland, 1883-1922 / Murray Fraser.
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xv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1996.
John Bull's other homes : state housing and British policy in Ireland, 1883-1922 / Murray Fraser.
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xv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1996.
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251 pages ; 22 cm
London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1979.
Urban deprivation and government initiative / Paul Lawless.
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251 pages ; 22 cm
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London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1979.