Grafica della Strada: The Signs of Italy
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Author(s)Louise Fili
PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press
ISBN / ASIN1616892692
ISBN-139781616892692
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank521,941
CategoryDesign
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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For more than three decades, renowned graphic designer and self-described Italophile Louise Fili has traveled the cities and countryside of Italy cataloging the work of sign craftsmen in whose hands type takes on new life with a tantalizing menu of styles. Classical, eclectic, or Futurist; in gold leaf, marble, brass, wood, wrought iron, enamel, ceramic, or neon; painted, carved, inlaid, etched, tiled, or stenciled— the creative possibilities are endless. Grafica della Strada is Fili's photographic diary of hundreds of Italy's most inventive restaurant, shop, hotel, street, and advertising signs. A major influence on Fili's own work, many of these marvels of vernacular design live on solely in this book, a typographic love letter to Italy that will be an inspiration to designers and Italophiles everywhere.
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