Signage systems & information graphics : a professional sourcebook
Uebele, Andreas
Signage systems & information graphics : a professional sourcebook - London,New York etc Thames & Hudson 2007 - 335,ip.
CONTENT Foreword Karin Schmidt-Friderichs 4 Introduction Andreas Uebele 5 Terminology 7 1 Signage Design 11 1.1 Eye Level 12 1.2 Light14 1.3 Fonts18 Legibility 18 Comparing Fonts 20 Fonts and Form 24 Choice of Font 26 Font Sizes 40 1.4 Typographical Systems and Type Area 40 Flexible Grids 40 Typographical and Graphic Grids 42 Format-dependent Grids 48 1.5 Pictograms 54 1.6 Arrows 56 1.7 Colour 60 Colour Language 64 Colour Contrast 66 Colour Systems 68 Black 70 Grey 72 White 74 Silver 76 Red 80 Yellow 82 Blue- 86 Green 88 ColourTones 88 1.8 Coding 92 Coding with Colours 94 Coding with Pictures 94 Coding with Letters and Numbers 96 Coding with Names 98 1.9 Privacy and Protection 100 1.10 Room Identification 106 2 Signage Planning 109 2.1 The Contract 110 2.2 Obtaining Information 111 2.3 Preliminary Design 113 2.4 Design 115 2.5 Construction, Work Plan and Prototypes 122 2.6 Things to Be Done 124 2.7 Tenders and Award of Contract 125 2.8 Handover of Specification 126 2.9 On-site Management 126 2.10 Completion 126 3 Signage in Practice 129 3.1 Airports 131 Dusseldorf International Airport MetaDesign 132 Cologne/Bonn Airport, Terminals 1 and 2, Car Parks 2 and 3 Designgruppe Flath & Frank 138 Cologne/Bonn Airport integral ruedi baur et associes144 Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Gottschalk + Ash International, Calgary 150 Schiphol Airport Bureau Mijksenaar156 3.2 Museums and Exhibitions 163 German Museum of Hygiene Gourdin & Muller164. Expo.02 integral ruedi baur et associes168 Floriade Haarlemmermeer npk industrial design174 MoMAQNS BaseNYC178 Museumsinsel Berlin Polytorm 182 National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Hiromura Design Office Inc. 186 PASS (Pare d'aventures scientifiques) BaseBRU 192 Neue Pinakothek KMSTeam 196 3.3 Schools and Libraries 201 Fachhochschule Osnabrijck biiro uebele visuelle kommunikation 202 Hochschule Pforzheim Braun Engels Gestaltung 208 Iwadeyama Junior High School Hiromura Design Office Inc. 212 Lucent Technologies Center for Arts Education Pentagram Design, New York 218 Cafeteria, Stuttgart University buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 222 Parsevalschule Bitterfeld buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 226 Saitama Prefectural University Hiromura Design Office Inc. 232 Seattle Public Library Bruce Mau Design 238 3.4 Public Spaces243 Castles, Stately Homes and Historic Houses in Rheinland-Pfalz Adler & Schmidt Kommunikations-Design244 Diemerpark Uburg Total Identity 250 Lower Manhattan Pentagram Design, New York 256 Markisches Viertel Moniteurs GeseUschaft fur Kommunikationsdesign GmbH 262 Neckar Banks Development Stankowski + Duschek266 Dutch Street Signs npk industrial design270 Millennium Celebrations in Rome npk industrial design276 3.5 Businesses281 BMW Plant Leipzig Moniteurs GeseUschaft fur Kommunikationsdesign GmbH 282 E.ON Main Administration Building buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 288 mediacampus integral ruedi baur zunch294 DGFSTOESSAG buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 298 Ziircher Kantonalbank, Steinfels Administration Building integral ruedi baur zunch 304 HypoVereinsbank Executive Offices buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 308 3.6 Culture, Congresses and Trade Fairs315 Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Pentagram Design, New York 311 Icograda Congress Hiromura Design Office Inc. 320 New 42nd Street Studios/Duke Theater Pentagram Design, New York324 List of Projects 330 Bureaus333 Bibliography 334 Index 335
0500513791
India
Signs and signboards--Design
Graphic arts
Floods -- Brahmaputra River Watershed
Flood control -- South Asia
Inondations -- Asie meĢridionale
741.6 / UEB
Signage systems & information graphics : a professional sourcebook - London,New York etc Thames & Hudson 2007 - 335,ip.
CONTENT Foreword Karin Schmidt-Friderichs 4 Introduction Andreas Uebele 5 Terminology 7 1 Signage Design 11 1.1 Eye Level 12 1.2 Light14 1.3 Fonts18 Legibility 18 Comparing Fonts 20 Fonts and Form 24 Choice of Font 26 Font Sizes 40 1.4 Typographical Systems and Type Area 40 Flexible Grids 40 Typographical and Graphic Grids 42 Format-dependent Grids 48 1.5 Pictograms 54 1.6 Arrows 56 1.7 Colour 60 Colour Language 64 Colour Contrast 66 Colour Systems 68 Black 70 Grey 72 White 74 Silver 76 Red 80 Yellow 82 Blue- 86 Green 88 ColourTones 88 1.8 Coding 92 Coding with Colours 94 Coding with Pictures 94 Coding with Letters and Numbers 96 Coding with Names 98 1.9 Privacy and Protection 100 1.10 Room Identification 106 2 Signage Planning 109 2.1 The Contract 110 2.2 Obtaining Information 111 2.3 Preliminary Design 113 2.4 Design 115 2.5 Construction, Work Plan and Prototypes 122 2.6 Things to Be Done 124 2.7 Tenders and Award of Contract 125 2.8 Handover of Specification 126 2.9 On-site Management 126 2.10 Completion 126 3 Signage in Practice 129 3.1 Airports 131 Dusseldorf International Airport MetaDesign 132 Cologne/Bonn Airport, Terminals 1 and 2, Car Parks 2 and 3 Designgruppe Flath & Frank 138 Cologne/Bonn Airport integral ruedi baur et associes144 Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Gottschalk + Ash International, Calgary 150 Schiphol Airport Bureau Mijksenaar156 3.2 Museums and Exhibitions 163 German Museum of Hygiene Gourdin & Muller164. Expo.02 integral ruedi baur et associes168 Floriade Haarlemmermeer npk industrial design174 MoMAQNS BaseNYC178 Museumsinsel Berlin Polytorm 182 National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Hiromura Design Office Inc. 186 PASS (Pare d'aventures scientifiques) BaseBRU 192 Neue Pinakothek KMSTeam 196 3.3 Schools and Libraries 201 Fachhochschule Osnabrijck biiro uebele visuelle kommunikation 202 Hochschule Pforzheim Braun Engels Gestaltung 208 Iwadeyama Junior High School Hiromura Design Office Inc. 212 Lucent Technologies Center for Arts Education Pentagram Design, New York 218 Cafeteria, Stuttgart University buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 222 Parsevalschule Bitterfeld buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 226 Saitama Prefectural University Hiromura Design Office Inc. 232 Seattle Public Library Bruce Mau Design 238 3.4 Public Spaces243 Castles, Stately Homes and Historic Houses in Rheinland-Pfalz Adler & Schmidt Kommunikations-Design244 Diemerpark Uburg Total Identity 250 Lower Manhattan Pentagram Design, New York 256 Markisches Viertel Moniteurs GeseUschaft fur Kommunikationsdesign GmbH 262 Neckar Banks Development Stankowski + Duschek266 Dutch Street Signs npk industrial design270 Millennium Celebrations in Rome npk industrial design276 3.5 Businesses281 BMW Plant Leipzig Moniteurs GeseUschaft fur Kommunikationsdesign GmbH 282 E.ON Main Administration Building buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 288 mediacampus integral ruedi baur zunch294 DGFSTOESSAG buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 298 Ziircher Kantonalbank, Steinfels Administration Building integral ruedi baur zunch 304 HypoVereinsbank Executive Offices buro uebele visuelle kommunikation 308 3.6 Culture, Congresses and Trade Fairs315 Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Pentagram Design, New York 311 Icograda Congress Hiromura Design Office Inc. 320 New 42nd Street Studios/Duke Theater Pentagram Design, New York324 List of Projects 330 Bureaus333 Bibliography 334 Index 335
0500513791
India
Signs and signboards--Design
Graphic arts
Floods -- Brahmaputra River Watershed
Flood control -- South Asia
Inondations -- Asie meĢridionale
741.6 / UEB