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Richard Niessen : the palace of typographic masonry
- Title
- Richard Niessen : the palace of typographic masonry / a guided tour by Dirk van Weelden.
- Publication
- Leipzig : Spector Books, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- 345 pages : illustrations, facsimiles; 30 cm
- Summary
- "The Palace of Typographic Masonry is dedicated to the splendour and diversity of the graphic languages. Founded by Dutch graphic designer Richard Niessen, this imaginary building serves as a speculative platform for the variety, poetry and digressions of graphic design. The Palace presents the craft in an interdisciplinary cultural historical context and posits a new theory for the profession. Join us on a tour that takes you past more than 360 Palace 'exhibits'. A progress through nine stages: the departments of Sign, Symbol and Ornament; Construction, Poetics and Play; Order, Craft and Practice. Philosopher and writer Dirk van Weelden will serve you as your guide, offering his reflections on the items on display and introducing you to the people we meet when we enter a room"--Publisher's website
- Alternative Title
- Palace of typographic masonry : a guided tour
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Contents
- The Masonic Lobby -- Sign. -- The labyrinth of scripts -- Tifinagh alphabet, an ancient survivor in a modern multi-script environment / Juan Luis Blanco -- Symbol. -- Tracing board treasury -- Panels of the twisted degrees / Nejc Prah -- Ornament. -- Von Wersin's Kitchen: conversation between / Hansje van Halem and Mienke Simon Thomas -- Construction. -- Building sets storage / Tony Côme -- Poetics. -- The gridded section -- Waltzing grids / Fanette Mellier -- Play 195. -- The game board corridor -- Board game cut-ups / Moniker -- Order. -- The cosmographic chambers / Matthijs van Boxsel -- Craft. -- The Pavilions of Honour -- Niklaus Toxler / Daniel Wiesmann -- Hendrik Wijdeveld / Richard Niessen -- Ed Fella / Harmen Liemburg -- Practice. -- The playground of the in-between: conversation between / Els Kuijpers, Julius Vermeulen and Richard Niessen -- Epilogue: In the court garden.
- ISBN
- 9783959052030
- 3959052030
- LCCN
- 9783959052030
- OCLC
- on1019617338
- 1019617338
- SCSB-9255789
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library