a complete guide to creating environmental graphic design systems /
First Statement of Responsibility
Chris Calori, David Vanden-Eynden ; Forewords by Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar
EDITION STATEMENT
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Second edition
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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What Is Environmental Graphic Design? -- The Spectrum of EGD Activity -- The Importance of EGD Today -- Digital Information Systems and EGD -- You Can't Learn This in College -- What's Ahead in This Book -- The Design Process -- The Client Is Part of the Process -- The Design Process Applied to EGD -- Phase 1: Data Collection and Analysis (Predesign) -- Phase 2: Schematic Design -- Phase 3: Design Development -- Phase 4: Documentation -- Phase 5: Bidding (Postdesign) -- Phase 6: Fabrication/ Installation Observation -- Phase 7: Postinstallation Evaluation -- Chapter Wrap-Up -- Overview of the Signage Pyramid Method -- Genesis of a Design Approach -- The Signage Pyramid's Component Systems -- The Signage Pyramid and Resource Allocation -- Chapter Wrap-Up -- The Information Content System -- Kinds of Sign Information Content -- Hierarchy of Content -- Developing the Sign Information Content System -- Navigation: Message Hierarchy and Proximity -- Other Factors Affecting the Sign Information Content System -- Pictorial information Content -- Signage Master Plans -- Chapter Wrap-Up -- The Graphic System -- Typography Overview -- Choosing a Typeface -- Typographic Treatment -- Typographic Considerations in Signage for People Who Read by Touch -- Symbols and Arrows -- Diagrams -- Other Graphic Elements -- Color -- Layout -- Overview of Sign Graphic Application Processes -- Chapter Wrap-Up -- The Hardware System -- Shape -- Connotations of Form -- Sign Mounting Considerations -- Sign Size Considerations -- Sign Lighting Overview -- Sign Materials Overview -- Basic Sign Materials -- Electronic Digital Display Units -- Stock Sign Hardware Systems -- Sign Materials and Codes -- Overview of Sign Coatings and Finishes -- Chapter Wrap-Up
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Covers development of room/space numbering systems, approaches to sign typing and numbering, and message schedule management"--