Graphic Design for Architects: A Manual for Visual Communication
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415522617 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Great book" according to dan k.. I'm a professional graphic designer dealing mostly with print. I took this book out from the library because it seemed like a good resource. I'm very happy with it and fount it very useful - I ended up purchasing a copy.. Five Stars Reached my expectations! Thanks!!. This is a really good one. Kyle Ezell I love this book. As a city planning professor and a practicing city planner, I've been waiting for this book. My planning students are expected to demonstrate a working knowledge in executing graphic design for presentations, posters, resumes, portfolios, maps, informati
‘By clearly demonstrating, both as an example itself as well as through explaining its procedures, the numerous formats and techniques within architecture's extended field of production and reproduction (Portfolios, RFQs, Proposal Books – the extensive combinations of images, texts, diagrams, and spreadsheets that are, in total, and in various permutations, the architect's mode d'emploi) Graphic Design for Architects is not only a useful subject, but also a required skill, and now a necessary volume for any architect’
In thinking about architecture as a systematic and visual project, the graphic design techniques outlined in this book will help architects process, organize and structure their work through the lens of visual communication.Each chapter is titled and organized by common architectural modes of communication and production. In this way, readers don’t have to search through graphic design books to figure out what’s relevant to them – this book provides a complete reference of graphic techniques and methods most useful to architects in getting their work done.. For instance, signage should be designed as part of the process – not something added at the end of a project; and the portfolio is a manifestation of how the designer works, not just an application to sell a design sensibility. The chapters speak to architects by directly addressing projects and topics relevant to their work, while the information inside each chapter presents graphic design methods to achieve the architects’ work. This book combines and expands on information typically found in graphic design, information design
Karen Lewis is an architect, educator and designer who works at the intersection of information, architecture and landscape. Currently Karen Lewis is a tenured professor on the architecture faculty at the Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, USA.. Her design work and research in infrastructural systems, data visualizati