Flipsigns - Softcover

Jenner, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3791325841 ISBN 13: 9783791325842

Publisher: Prestel Pub, 1999

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FlipSigns

By Michael Jenner

Street signs usually hold our attention for just a few seconds. But take them out of context, as Michael Jenner has done in this fascinating new book, and they conjure up arresting new designs and patterns with a powerful and sometimes disconcerting impact.

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FlipSigns takes a fresh look at the intriguing world of international street signage: figures, color- coded geometries, and terse verbal instructions WALK, STOP, ONE WAY, NO EXIT. Employing the same technical virtuosity that made FlipDesigns such a visual feast, Jenner flips, inverts and repeats details from street signage to create a bewildering world of conflicting information that has a powerful visual impact. Anonymous figures take on an almost heroic aspect, mimicking Egyptian hieroglyphics or ancient Greek friezes; lines and arrows form compelling patterns; monosyllabic commands acquire a verbal opacity laced with mystery and menace. FlipSigns is full of stimulating ideas for graphic designers and contemporary artists as well as for a wider public with an increasingly keen visual awareness.

About the Author:

Michael Jenner is the author of the highly successful graphic Design book FlipDesigns.

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