#archigraphia

New work by Kofie off Melrose.

NEW IN THE BOOKSHOP: ARCHIGRAPHIA : ARCHITECTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS (1981) • The great "Archigraphia : Architectural and Environmental Graphics", published in 1981 (first in 1978) by the legendary Graphis Press, Zürich. Bound in the iconic Jean-Michel Folon illustrated hardcover this landmark volume, edited by Swiss graphic designer Walter Herdeg, forms an extensive international reference of architectural and environmental graphic design projects with chapters on: Traffic and Highway Signage, Pictograms, Visual Guidance Systems, Buildings and Shop Fronts, Supergraphics and Vehicle Graphics with Editor's foreword, chapter introductions, project profiles and a designer/artist/subject/architect index. • Profusely illustrated throughout with 823 b/w and colour examples, and, as per usual for Graphis publications, is handsomely designed and heavily researched, with all texts in English, German and French. • Essays by T. Geismar and P. Kneebone, Jock Kinneir, John Follis, Reinhart Braun, Klaus Herdeg and Stanley Mason. • Features the work of : Shigeo Fukuda, Herb Lubalin, Massimo Vignelli / Vignelli Associates, Design Research Unit, Saul Bass and Associates, Milton Glaser, Wim Crouwel, Masaru Katsumi, Les Mason, Paul Rand, Yoshiro Yamashita, John Follis, Chermayeff & Geismar, Lou Dorfsman, SITE, Georges Huel, William Golden, Gae Aulenti, Renzo Piano, Kenzo Tange, William Turnball, and so many others. • Walter Herdeg was a Swiss graphic designer, noted for his travel posters and work with Graphis Magazine, who was awarded an AIGA medal in 1986. • One copy via our website and in the bookshop. • #worldfoodbooks #archigraphia (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)