The time-related dimension of image perception is increasingly heightened because the sequence of moving pictures is so strongly accelerated by virtue of the very short cuts that it becomes impossible for the viewer to make out the individual elements. Under these conditions he loses every notion of autonomy opposite these images, meaning also that he can be manipulated by. With the aid of more than 200 pictures, elementary phenomena of visual perception are described in this book that one encounters on a daily basis. Brief accompanying texts encourage the viewer to give the pictures his deeper attention in order to consciously experience the phenomena. This book gives a comprehensive, clearly structured overview, and the illustrated examples span from two-dimensional form and color phenomena to the formation of spatial perception up to the influence that emotions and logic have upon perception.

2d Visual Perception: Elementary Phenomena of Two-Dimensional Perception. A Handbook for Artists and Designers

Arts & Photography

Zwimpfer, Moritz

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Niggli Verlag

Das japanische Teehaus: Architektur und Zeremonie

Fehrer, Wolfgang

Das Detail in der Typografie: Eine kurz gefasste, prägnante Erörterung jener Fragen, die sich mit der Lesbarkeit von Texten befassen

Hochuli, Jost

Graphic Design

If you release a chip from one of the five coloured boards and place it on a different-coloured background, its color suddenly appears different to the one it had in its previous environment. Why is that? "Colorondo" provides a hands-on experience of the phenomenon of simultaneous contrast heightening. Pages of instructions are quite superfluous, as you don t need theory to observe the amazingly versatile interaction of colours. All you need is a keen eye and a willingness to try out different variations. There are 79 possible combinations for each of the 80 colours.

Colorondo: A Game with 80 Colors

Individual Artists

This artfully designed "Initiation in Typography" sets in on a large scale, the proportions in outer space, and ends with the smallest of typographic scales, with typefaces. Skillfully, the authors introduce the reader to the world of visual design and typography, arouse curiosity through an elaborate aesthetics, and disclose the magic of typography page after page. Impressively short and precise texts familiarise the reader with the respective subject matter; difficulties of typography are illustrated through simple geometric shapes. The first chapter deals with the question of proportions: mathematical systems, golden section, paper formats, grid systems, and typographic measuring units. Chapter 2 is concerned with the tension between black and white: design problems, principles of typographical arrangement, and the harmony of black and white. In chapter 3, typographic details are discussed: the origin of character forms, type families and historical typefaces. Through the use of slightly transparent paper, the effect of particular grid systems becomes obvious. This transparency brings about the emergence of a different pattern on every page – a remarkably different book.

An Initiation in Typography

Denastas, Anne

Gallet, Camille

Wie man's liest

Unger, Gérard

The architectonic possibilities of the pitched roof seem almost unlimited and are all the more interesting for today’s architects, in that the subject has been neglected for such a long time. By thematic plates this publication shows the whole spectrum of possibilities that are opened up by pitched roofs. Their potential for the design of the outer façade and its relation to context and interior is shown in a systematic fashion. Individual aspects are explored in depth in articles by specialists.

The Pitched Roof: Architecture Manual

Burren, Barbara

Architecture

Steel is one of the most important building materials of our time and is closely related to notions of “modern” construction or modern architecture in general. This book aims not only to illustrate the beginnings of steel’s usage as a building material, it also endeavors to show the theoretical, practical, formal, and cultural consequences of these beginnings 200 years ago. The volume critically looks at the many-layered connections between architecture and engineering and at the dramatically changing way in which the disciplines understand themselves. All of this is contextualized by examining the usage of iron, the new structural building material, during the industrialization period. For this purpose, many notable authors from various disciplines contribute their view.

Before Steel: The Introduction of Structural Iron and Its Consequences

Schwartz. Joseph

Rinke, Mario

Leerzeichen für Applaus: Gestalter sein. Eine Momentaufnahme

Gesse, Jenna

Die Kunst der Beschriftung: Handwerker, Künstler, Designer und ihre Techniken

Haslam, Andrew

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