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Design Evolution
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Design Evolution

by Tim Samara
January 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
272 pages
10h 29m
English
Rockport Publishers
Content preview from Design Evolution
Early sketches focused on
square-form sans-serif letters
that reflect the area’s industrial
heritage, as well as the museum
architecture. The first proposal
conceived of a full alphabet of
letters; each letter was to bear
the name of an artifact from
the museum’s collection, set
into the surface in Welsh and
English, along with its museum
catalogue number. The indi-
vidual letterforms containing
this text element are shown
flat and in a computer-gener-
ated rendering of the letters
on site. The heavy outline indi-
cates a concrete rim housing a
terrazzo surface that holds
steel text in place. The red ini-
tial creates contrast and
echoes details in the museum
building. ...
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ISBN: 9781592533879