Color - Communication in Architectural Space - Hardcover

Meerwein, Gerhard; Rodeck, Bettina; Mahnke, Frank H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764375965 ISBN 13: 9783764375966

Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture, 2007

Synopsis

A guide to color concepts

Colors are an element of both the natural and the man-made environments. They convey messages of all kinds and perform a wide variety of functions, informing, organizing, warning. But they also serve an aesthetic purpose, affecting the statement, effect, and acceptance of objects and spaces.

While people’s reactions to color vary widely, in design questions it is still possible to establish generally valid color concepts to match the expectations of the various groups of users. This book offers a guide based on a wide range of scientific findings and may be consulted as an authoritative reference by the architecture student and the professional alike.

The three editors, Dr. B. Rodeck, Prof. G. Meerwein, and F. H. Mahnke have taught for many years at the Salzburger Seminare für Farbe und Umwelt der IACC.

• Guide to user-oriented color concepts
• Lasting solutions

About this title

About the Author

Bettina Rodeck, Klampenborg

Dr. phil., Dipl.-Päd., Dipl.-Des. (interior design), dipl. color consultant and designer IACC. Freelance activity and collaboration with Partnerschaftliche Gestaltungsgruppe Mainz (PGM). Teacher at the Salzburger Seminare für Farbe und Umwelt der IACC.

Gerhard Meerwein, Mainz

Professor at the Fachhochschule in Mainz, architect, interior designer, dipl. color consultant and designer IACC. Partnerschaftliche Gestaltungsgruppe Mainz (PGM). Teacher at the Salzburger Seminare für Farbe und Umwelt der IACC.

Frank H. Mahnke, Geneva and San Diego

Environmental designer and color consultant and designer IACC. International consultant, designer, teacher. Founder and director of the American Information Center for Color and Environment, president of the IACC. Author of Color, Environment & Human Response (New York: Verlag Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996). Teacher at the Salzburger Seminare für Farbe und Umwelt der IACC.

From the Back Cover

Colors are an integral part of our natural or designed environment. They convey all forms of messages and fulfill different functions: they inform, structure, and warn. Colors also fulfill aesthetic means, influence the statement, effect, and acceptance of objects and spaces. As different as reactions to colors are, it is possible to establish effective color concepts within a design context, which correspond to the expectations of different user groups.

This book is a manual based on manifold scientific findings, and a qualified guideline for the architectural student or the professional.

Prof. Gerhard Meerwein, Mainz
Interior architect; architect; Dipl. color designer, IACC
Professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Mainz
Freelance architect, interior architect, and color designer
Lecturer at the IACC Academy, Salzburg Seminars on Color and Environment

Dr. Bettina Rodeck, Klampenborg
Dr. Phil., Dipl.-Päd., Dipl.-Des. (Interior Architect), color designer IACC
Freelance interior architect and color designer
Lecturer at the IACC Academy, Salzburg Seminars for Color and Environment

Frank H. Mahnke, Geneva / San Diego
Environment and color designer, IACC, founder and director of the American Information Center for Color and Environment
President of the IACC Academy
International freelance environment and color designer
Lecturer at the IACC Academy, Salzburg Seminars on Color and Environment

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764375965
• ISBN 13: 9783764375966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152