Signage Design Manual
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3037780967 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 455 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He also invented a sign system that has been marketed worldwide over the past 23 years. Edo Smitshuijzen has been the design principal of many major and extensive identity and signage projects for governmental and commercial clients. His design work has helped establish the unique position graphic design holds in the
. About the Author Edo Smitshuijzen has been the design principal of many major and extensive identity and signage projects for governmental and commercial clients. He also invented a sign system that has been marketed worldwide over the past 23 years. His design work has helped establish the unique position graphic design holds in the Netherlands
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. The combination of wide coverage and precise, detailed information makes this book accessible to a broad spectrum of readers, from information and graphic designers to design students and professionals of every stripe who are involved with signal design on any level. 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.
Finnally! The complete signage manual! This is a preliminary review, based on a first reading only. But I got so excited that I couldn't wait to tell everybody in the field of wayfinding that this book is a 'must have' one! The book of Edo -lavishly and beautifully illustrated by Edo's wife Huda (a specialist in Arabic typography)- gives a complete overview of the discipline of signage, not only essential for designer but especially for clients and the facility managers among them. It shows the importan