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245		0	_aTypographic Matchmaking In The City: Propositions for a pluralist public space/ _cHuda Smitshuijzen AbiFares
260			_bKhatt Books, Amsterdam _c2010
300			_a396p; _c28x21cm
520			_aThrough specific anecdotes, they elucidate the problems and implications of designing for “public space” and multicultural communities. These essays frame and contextualize the research and designs presented by the five teams participating in the Typographic Matchmaking in the City project. They briefly shed light on the function and role of text in architectural spaces, discussing specific historical and contemporary examples from cities like Beirut, Dubai, Muscat, Cairo, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and addressing the various roles of monumental typography in public space. Discussing specific historical and contemporary examples from cities like Beirut, Dubai, Muscat, Cairo, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and addressing the various roles of monumental typography in public space. This book, like the design research project that preceded it, provides concrete observations on differences as well as shared principles between the Latin and Arabic scripts, and on cultural and architectural conventions for the use of typographic design in three-dimensional urban space in different cities and cultural contexts. It raises thoughtful questions and provides useful tools that designers can use in creating new works for interventions in their own cities. Public space; Storyline Project, Nuqat Project, Hamsa Project, Kashida Project; Kufadam Project
546			_aEnglish; German; Arabic
650			_aN8700-9165- Visual Arts- Art and the state. Public art _98733
650			_aPublic space _98734
650			_aTypography _94003
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