Swirnoff ( Dimensions of Color ) has specialized in the three-dimensional use of color in her career at several universities. Here she explores how colors work in cities around the world, with over 300 of her photographs illustrating the text. She sets out a design science of the urban environment, arguing that the perception of color in the three-dimensional environment depends on the angle of incidence of light, and so cities and towns close to the equator surface their buildings with bright or saturated colors, while those closer to the poles use warm, neutral colors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Color of Cities: An International Perspective

Arts & Photography

Swirnoff, Lois

Graphic Design

McGraw=Hill

A unique color dictionary of international urban design and phenomenal photographic reference, The Color of Cities, by Lois Swirnoff, documents the distinctive color characteristics of cities in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. The book features beautiful original color photographs by the author who is an acclaimed artist and world authority on the three-dimensional use of color. Topics covered include how cultural color preferences are grounded in vision differences in different geographic locations and the similarities within diversity in streets, facades, plazas, boundaries, and marketplaces. A reference section provides you with typical color palettes for each country, complete with thumbnail photographic

To the basic grammar of color and form presented in the first edition of Dimensional Color, Lois Swirnoff adds a chapter on color structure and expands one on color and light. Exploring the interaction between light, color, and surfaces, the book provides an invaluable tool for the teaching and practice of color in architecture and design. 230 color; 58 b&amp;w illustrations

Dimensional Color

W.W.Norton&Company

In a broad sense Design Science is the fail to perceive the system of organiza grammar of a language of images rather tion determining the form of such than of words. Modern communication structures. techniques enable us to transmit and reconstitute images without the need of Perception is a complex process. Our knowing a specific verbal sequential senses record ; they are analogous to language such as the Morse code, or audio or video devices. We cannot, Hungarian. International traffic signs however, claim that such devices per use international image symbols which ceive. Perception involves more than are not specific to any particular verbal meets the eye: it involves processing language. An image language differs and organization of recorded data. from a verbal one in that the latter uses When we name an object, we actually a linear string of symbols, whereas the name a concept: such words as octahe former is multidimensional. dron, collage, tessellation, dome, each desig nate a wide variety of objects sharing Architecturial renderings commonly certain characteristics. When we devise show projections onto three mutually ways of transforming an octahedron, or perpendicular planes, or consist of cross determine whether a given shape will sections at different altitudes capable of tessellate the plane, we make use of being stacked and representing different these characteristics, which constitute floor plans. Such renderings make it the grammar of structure.

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Dimensional Color (Design Science Collection)

Birkhauser

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The Color of Cities: An International Perspective

The Color of Cities: An International Perspective

Dimensional Color

Dimensional Color

Dimensional Color (Design Science Collection)