1000 Signs - Reviews
"¿Te imaginas un libro con paneles de señalización de todo el mundo? ¿Quién se atrevería a hacerlo? 1000 Signs ya está en la calle de la mano de la editorial TASCHEN y la revista ‘Colors` de Benetton, publicación que ha seleccionado mil fotografías de más de noventa países. Imágenes que van más allá de lo visual, permitiéndonos explorar diferentes costumbres y culturas por medio de estos símbolos de comunicación universal".Woman, BarcelonaSpain |
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"The 994 other pictures in 1000 Signs (TASCHEN) prove that even the most obscure hazards deserve the dignity of a sign."Entertainment Weekly, New YorkUnited States |
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"As with COLORS magazine, what is depicted here as "ordinary" halfway around the world is probably not. That said, these products do exist and whether or not they're representative of the cultures they come from, they're interesting to look at, read about and study in the context of product design in general."SOMA, San FranciscoUnited States |
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"A fantastic collaboration between cool TASCHEN and edgy COLORS. This book shows there is no border between countries, races nor art and fashion...".Mono Magazine, TokyoJapan |
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"Al suggestivo quanto esotico macrocosmo dei cartelli è dedicato un curioso catalogo pubblicato dalla casa editrice Taschen, intitolato 1000 Signs. E' la più minuziosa e completa guida mai uscita sul tema e contiene foto scattate in ogni angolo della Terra (la più surreale: un cartello di stop in mezzo a un lago della Namibia), corredate da brevi testi (in tedesco, inglese e francese) sugli aspetti più inconsueti della segnaletica globale."Panorama, RomaItaly |
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"Though most of the signs speak for themselves, 1000 Signs works on the premise that there are any number of people in this world who would need some help figuring out some of them; specially the country specific ones."The Hindu.com, New YorkUnited States |
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"Wir machen ein Buch, dachten sich die Redakteure des Lyfestyle Magazins 'Colors', das hilfreicher ist als jeder Reiseführer und sinnvoller als jedes Wörterbuch. Das nebenbei Globalisierung veranschaulicht und Orientierung bietet in einer Welt, die schon unübersichtlich genug ist. Im Bildband 1000 Signs, 1000 Zeichen, versammelten sie über tausend Fotografien, aufgenommen in 90 Länder, an Autobahnen, vor Schulen, Toiletten, an Flughäfen. Auf allen ist nur ein Motiv zu sehen: Verkehrsschilder. Zu bestaunen sind exotische Warnschilder mit hüpfenden Hirschen, kreuzenden Kamelen oder Unberührbaren aus Indien. Die Bedeutung einiger Verkehrszeichen wird allerdings auch in Zukunft Rätsel aufgeben: Was bedeutet es, wenn man in Santa Lucia auf ein Vorfahrtsschild trifft, ein Rollstuhlfahrer eine Rampe hinunterdüst, an deren Ende ein Krokodil mit aufgerissenem Maul wartet? Und wie verhält man sich in Hongkong vor dem Zeichen mit der Aufschrift 'Achtung, brüllende Dinosaurier, schützen Sie Ihre Kinder'."Der Spiegel, HamburgGermany |
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"The world of Benetton showing colors and signs. Very funny yet very serious. We hope someday all the signs for the mines and the shootings disappear from this world."Monthly M, TokyoJapan |
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"Ein Erwachsenen-Comic der besonderen Art."Brigitte, HamburgGermany |
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"C'è chi dice stop: un tempo di là erano i leoni a marcare la linea di confine dell' uomo antico. Di qua pietre miliari, targhe. Ora c'è la segnaletica stradale a indicarci la via nel mondo globalizzato. Tra giungle urbane, svincoli e strade a scorrimento veloce definisce il territorio abitato e non. Una lingua franca, fatta di segni grafici familiari, che attingono a un numero limitato di geometrie, colori e simboli. A declinarlo in tutti gli accenti della terra hanno pensato i protocolli internazionali. La rivista Colors ne ha raccolti un migliaio, in un libro che è una bella galleria di testi e immagini. Per assaporare colori e polvere delle strade del pianeta."Gioia Casa, MilanoItaly |
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1000 Signs
Colors (Editor)
Colors Flexicover, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 512 pages $ 29.99 ISBN: 978-3-8228-3135-9 Multilingual Edition: English, French, German Availability: Not in Stock |
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