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Logotopia: from the Ancient Greek logos, meaning 'word' and topos, meaning 'place' is a multi-disciplinary exhibition and publications comprised of architecture, art and the written word in almost equal proportions. Logotopia explores the library, or 'word place,' as both a concept and a built form through four distinct categories- the Universal Library, the National(...)
Commercial interiors, Building types
February 2008, Cambridge, ONtario
Logotopia: the library in architecture, art and the imagination
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Logotopia: from the Ancient Greek logos, meaning 'word' and topos, meaning 'place' is a multi-disciplinary exhibition and publications comprised of architecture, art and the written word in almost equal proportions. Logotopia explores the library, or 'word place,' as both a concept and a built form through four distinct categories- the Universal Library, the National Library, the Public Library and the Private Library. Logotopia also provides a glimpse into the future of the library in the information age, as well as the changing image of the libarian in pop culture and as cyber avatar.
Commercial interiors, Building types
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Each of us has an ever-growing collection of personal digital data: documents, photographs, PowerPoint presentations, videos, music, emails and texts sent and received. To access any of this, we have to find it. The ease (or difficulty) of finding something depends on how we organize our digital stuff. In this book, personal information management (PIM) experts Ofer(...)
Archive, library and the digital
November 2016
The science of managing our digital stuff
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Each of us has an ever-growing collection of personal digital data: documents, photographs, PowerPoint presentations, videos, music, emails and texts sent and received. To access any of this, we have to find it. The ease (or difficulty) of finding something depends on how we organize our digital stuff. In this book, personal information management (PIM) experts Ofer Bergman and Steve Whittaker explain why we organize our personal digital data the way we do and how the design of new PIM systems can help us manage our collections more efficiently.
Archive, library and the digital
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Celebrating thirty years of practice, this bilingual survey of recent projects includes BAM Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District, the Rutgers University master plan, Amparo Museum, Centro University, Universidad Panamericano, and a dozen others. With offices in Mexico and New York, TEN Arquitectos mines the forces---migration, trade, economic and information(...)
TEN Arquitectos / Enrique Norten
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Celebrating thirty years of practice, this bilingual survey of recent projects includes BAM Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District, the Rutgers University master plan, Amparo Museum, Centro University, Universidad Panamericano, and a dozen others. With offices in Mexico and New York, TEN Arquitectos mines the forces---migration, trade, economic and information networks'shaping our cities, creating bold forms that mark skylines and activate streets from Mexico City to Brooklyn. This book explores the firm's evolution as an international practice and the three "lines of investigation" that propel its work: architecture as public space, infrastructure, and territory.
Architecture Monographs
The country house library
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Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete with anecdotes about owners and librarians, the book features information on acquisition bordering on obsession, the process of(...)
The country house library
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Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete with anecdotes about owners and librarians, the book features information on acquisition bordering on obsession, the process of designing library architecture, and the care (and neglect) of collections. The author also disputes the notion that these libraries were merely for show, arguing that many of them were profoundly scholarly, assembled with meticulous care, and frequently used for intellectual pursuits.
History until 1900, Great Britain
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Based around an out-of-print anthology devoted to prehistoric collections unearthed by archaeological expeditions in Algeria, French artist Camille Henrot's latest project treats this ethnographic material as motifs of a contemporary grotesque. The scientific document photographs, diagrams, and captions becomes part of a layered array incorporating traces of our present(...)
Contemporary Art Monographs
December 2015
Camille Henrot: prehistoric collections
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Based around an out-of-print anthology devoted to prehistoric collections unearthed by archaeological expeditions in Algeria, French artist Camille Henrot's latest project treats this ethnographic material as motifs of a contemporary grotesque. The scientific document photographs, diagrams, and captions becomes part of a layered array incorporating traces of our present age: humans, animals, plants, minerals, and other objects. Freely mixing the pre- and post-historic, archaic and actual, Henrot constructs an exploration of human bodies, information media, and meaning using dated pornography, technological refuse, tools and instruments, signs, and more.
Contemporary Art Monographs
Discovering architecture: how the world's great buildings were designed and built. 2nd edition.
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Including such works as the Tower of London, Notre-Dame de Paris, and the Taj Mahal in India, the book is organized chronologically and presents buildings from all genres, covering more than two millennia of architectural history. In addition to the clever die-cut captions, each building is featured in an essay filled with essential information on the construction, as(...)
Discovering architecture: how the world's great buildings were designed and built. 2nd edition.
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Including such works as the Tower of London, Notre-Dame de Paris, and the Taj Mahal in India, the book is organized chronologically and presents buildings from all genres, covering more than two millennia of architectural history. In addition to the clever die-cut captions, each building is featured in an essay filled with essential information on the construction, as well as the social, political, cultural, and geographical considerations of the architect. Photographs allow the reader to appreciate the technical feats and aesthetic brilliance of both the buildings and architects past and present.
Dictionaries
Design industriel A-Z
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Le design industriel conjugue ingénierie, technologie, fabrication, procédés, matériaux et esthétique dans des solutions de design produites mécaniquement et qui transforment profondément notre environnement. Passant en revue les produits de grande consommation, emballages, moyens de transport, équipements médicaux ou sportifs, cet ouvrage complet retrace l'évolution du(...)
Design industriel A-Z
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Le design industriel conjugue ingénierie, technologie, fabrication, procédés, matériaux et esthétique dans des solutions de design produites mécaniquement et qui transforment profondément notre environnement. Passant en revue les produits de grande consommation, emballages, moyens de transport, équipements médicaux ou sportifs, cet ouvrage complet retrace l'évolution du design industriel de la révolution industrielle à nos jours. Soulignant l'apport décisif des grandes figures du design, fabricants, designers ou inventeurs, d'AEG à Zeppelin, ce travail de référence apporte une information biographique et historique détaillée, illustrée de plus de 1000 photos en couleur.
Industrial Design
Signage design manual
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In an entertaining and straightforward way, Edo Smitshuijzen’s Signage Design Manual leads the reader step by step through the individual phases of signal design. More than nine hundred illustrations guide him or her through this demanding process. Both in-depth and comprehensive, this book is a unique publication. It not only contains information on traditional methods,(...)
Signage design manual
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In an entertaining and straightforward way, Edo Smitshuijzen’s Signage Design Manual leads the reader step by step through the individual phases of signal design. More than nine hundred illustrations guide him or her through this demanding process. Both in-depth and comprehensive, this book is a unique publication. It not only contains information on traditional methods, design questions, and materials, but even touches on future developments, such as navigational aids for mobile devices and other futuristic equipment. With the publication of Smitshuijzen’s Signage Design Manual, the canon of signaletics finally has its own engaged textbook.
Signage
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Digitalization has transformed the discourse of architecture: that discourse is now defined by a wealth of new terms and concepts that previously either had no meaning, or had different meanings, in the context of architectural theory and design. Its concepts and strategies are increasingly shaped by influences emerging at the intersection with scientific and cultural(...)
Architectural Drawing
August 2008, Zurich
Simulation: presentation technique and cognitive method (Context Architecture)
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Digitalization has transformed the discourse of architecture: that discourse is now defined by a wealth of new terms and concepts that previously either had no meaning, or had different meanings, in the context of architectural theory and design. Its concepts and strategies are increasingly shaped by influences emerging at the intersection with scientific and cultural notions from modern information technology. The new series Context Architecture seeks to take a critical selection of concepts that play a vital role in the current discourse and put them up for discussion.
Architectural Drawing
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Special Feature: Kazunari Hattori 100 pages / An Interview with Kazunari Hattori / What is professionalism? an interview with Michael Rock / A Debate [2nd phase] a project by Anna Gerber and Anja Lutz / design mannerism Vol. 5 "Charta Tabula" Text by Hiroshi Takayama / On Hand Lettering Vol.2 Part.1 "From a writing brush, a pen, to a mouse" Koga Hirano, Naomichi Kawahata(...)
Idea 317 Kazunari Hattori 100 pages
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Special Feature: Kazunari Hattori 100 pages / An Interview with Kazunari Hattori / What is professionalism? an interview with Michael Rock / A Debate [2nd phase] a project by Anna Gerber and Anja Lutz / design mannerism Vol. 5 "Charta Tabula" Text by Hiroshi Takayama / On Hand Lettering Vol.2 Part.1 "From a writing brush, a pen, to a mouse" Koga Hirano, Naomichi Kawahata and Hiroshi Komiyama / Water Towers photo by Fumio Shiizuka / News + Information / Shinro Ohtake Original Serial Poster [2nd impact] Part 19 Side A(inside): Zen-Kei IV, Side B(outside): Nature and Bonsai
Graphic Design and Typography