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Graphique de la Rue : The Signs of Paris by Louise Fili (2015, Hardcover)

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Spectacular close up photos of all sorts of signs and lettering from across the City of Lights. It would make a lovely graduation gift. We hesitated to open even a little to take to take interior photos, to preserve the pristine newness of the copy.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press

ISBN-101616893133

ISBN-139781616893132

eBay Product ID (ePID)209723114

Product Key Features

Book TitleGraphique De La Rue : the Signs of Paris

Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicEurope / France, Graphic Arts / Typography, European, Advertising & Promotion, Graphic Arts / General

IllustratorYes

GenreDesign, Art, Travel, Business & Economics

AuthorLouise Fili

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight33.2 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-037604

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Fili's book comes at an important time, when such original signs are being replaced by their cheaper, poorly designed, and mass-produced versions..Fili's book is a "typographic love letter to Paris," one that will both immortalize these signs and inspire the imaginations of designers and travelers alike." -Beautiful/Decay -- -, "It's enough to make you want to pack your bags and trace Fili's footsteps through the streets." -Fast Co.Design, "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 at the mosaic pavements of the passages or up at vintage neon (which Paris pioneered a century ago)..For graphic designers, this is a must have." -Form -- -, "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 at the mosaic pavements of the passages or up at vintage neon (which Paris pioneered a century ago)..For graphic designers, this is a must have." -Form, "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, "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 -- -, "Fili's book comes at an important time, when such original signs are being replaced by their cheaper, poorly designed, and mass-produced versions..Fili's book is a "typographic love letter to Paris," one that will both immortalize these signs and inspire the imaginations of designers and travelers alike." -Beautiful/Decay, "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, "It's enough to make you want to pack your bags and trace Fili's footsteps through the streets." -Fast Co.Design -- -

Dewey Decimal302.2300944

SynopsisParis 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 . For celebrated graphic designer and incessant fl'neur 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. Colorful mosaics cheerfully announce hotel entrances, department stores, fishmongers, even public toilets. 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 cr me caramel . For celebrated graphic designer and incessant fl neur 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 caf signs are juxtaposed with the dramatic facades of the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Berg re. Colorful mosaics cheerfully announce hotel entrances, department stores, fishmongers, even public toilets. Hector Guimard's legendary entrances to the Paris M tro 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.

LC Classification NumberGT3911.48.F55 2015