Graphique de la Rue: The Signs of Paris
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1616893133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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LKP said Take this as a SIGN. So many monuments, cafes, cathedrals, sumptuous meals, quiet moments, Top-of-the-Tower experiences, and beyond-memorable Museums.Paris comes roaring at us, and it is (as advertised) dizzying and spectacular. We return home with so many memories and recollections that are impossible-to-decode and quantify. Lucky for US, design maven Louise Fili has trained her laser eye on the incredible signage an. "Very nice book!" according to Red Pony Leather Goods. This is a beautiful book. Nice format, paper and beautiful images.. Five Stars Dario great buy for lovers of type especially Paris!!
Formerly senior designer for Herb Lubalin, Louise Fili was art director of Pantheon Books from 1978 to 1989, where she designed close to 2000 book jackets. She is a member of the Art Directors Hall of Fame, and received the medal of lifetime achievement from the AIGA.Fili is the author of Elegantissima and Grafica della Strada, published by Princeton Architect
For celebrated graphic designer and incessant flâneur Louise Fili, it's the city's dazzling signage. For more than four decades, Fili has strolled picturesque Parisian rues and boulevards with map and camera, cataloging the work of generations of sign craftsmen.Graphique de la Rue is Fili's photographic diary of hundreds of Paris's most inventive restaurant, shop, hotel, street, and advertising signs. Classic neon café signs are juxtaposed with the dramatic facades of the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergère. Hector Guimard's legendary entrances to the Paris Métro stations brush elbows with graceful gold-leaf and dimensional Art Deco, Futurist, or Art Nouveau architectural lettering, as well as whimsical pictorial signs (giant eyeglasses announce optiques, and oversized hanging shears indicate a knife and scissors maker).A major influence on Fili's own work, many of these masterpieces of vernacular design, now destroyed, live on solely in this book, a typographic love letter to Paris sure to inspire designers and armchair travelers alike.. Paris is a city of pure enchantment, and everyone who loves the City of Light has a Parisian muse, from the Tour Eiffel to crème caramel. Colorful mosaics cheerfully announce ho
"a brilliant book of eye candy that inspires me every time I open it." -BoingBoing"It's enough to make you want to pack your bags and trace Fili's footsteps through the streets." -Fast Co.Design"In this book, Fili has graciously done what so many travelers have kicked themselves for forgetting to do in the City of Light: She documented the design at every corner. A lovely concentrated look at the city." -Print"In the new book Graphique de la Rue: The Signs of Paris, graphic designer and photographer Louise Fili presents hundreds of images that unveil the charm from the City of Light." -Architectural Digest"I stand in awe of Louise Fili's achievement in Graphique de la Rue: The Signs of Paris. The range and quality of her selections are exemplary; it's as though one were there, gazing down a