LetterScapes : a global survey of typographic installations / Anna Saccani.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-347) and index.

Reading by the sea : foreword / Leonardo Sonnoli -- Introduction -- Projects. Hangul Gate / Ahn Sang-soo -- Marion Cultural Centre / Ashton Raggatt McDougall -- Museum-Monument to the Deportee for Political and Racial Reasons / BBPR -- Barcino ; Transitable Visual Poem ; Visual Poem for a Facade / Joan Brossa -- British Library Gates / Cardozo Kindersley Workshop -- Nearamnew / Paul Carter -- Bankside Signage System / Caruso St John -- 9 West 57th Street / Chermayeff & Geismar -- Monument to the Victims of 11 March 2004 / Estudio SIC & Buj+Col�on -- Citat / FA+ -- Little Sparta / Ian Hamilton Finlay -- Wellington Writers Walk / Catherine Griffiths -- Digital Clock / Rudolph de Harak -- LOVE / Robert Indiana -- Urban Design for the Epid�eme Quarter / Integral Ruedi Baur -- Antenna / Ilya Kabakov -- Canning Town Underground / Richard Kindersley -- ABC on the Hoofdweg / Rene Knip -- House of Terror Museum / Attila F. Kovacs -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial / Maya Lin -- Veenman Printers / Karel Martens -- Invisible City / Anton Parsons -- Signage for the New York Times Building / Michael Bierut/Pentagram -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center / Paula Scher/Pentagram -- M / Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt/R & R Studios -- G.R.O.E.N. / Maarten de Reus -- National Dance Centre / Pierre di Sciullo -- Imperfect Utopia / Smith-Miller+Hawkinson, Barbara Kruger, Quennell Rothschild, Guy Nordenson -- Frieze for the New Town Hall / Josep Maria Subirachs -- A translation from One Language to Another ; NYC Manhole Covers / Lawrence Weiner -- The Cursing Stone and Reiver Pavement ; The Eric Morecambe Memorial Area ; A Flock of Words ; Walk of Art / Gordon Young & Why Not Associates -- Interviews. Esau -- Gustavo Aguerre -- Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt -- Catherine Griffiths -- Ilya Kabakov -- Richard Kindersley -- Attila F. Kovacs -- Anton Parsons -- Maarten de Reus -- Peter St John -- Paula Scher -- Pierre di Sciullo -- Lawrence Weiner.

"This volume is an exploration of typographical installations created between the mid-twentieth century and the present day, selected from the most important works throughout the world."--Introduction.

"We are bombarded with words today. Public spaces are saturated with a discordant mix of messages, but sometimes a sentence, a word, or even an individual letter stops us in our tracks. LetterScapes features thirty-seven typographic installations in public spaces that demand attention with their graphic impact and communicative power. The installations can be found throughout the world, from the United States to Europe to Asia. Created in a variety of materials, they vary from huge signs on roofs to a stream of consciousness embedded in a road to structures that appear to be functional or decorative, but are in fact made up of letters of the alphabet. The book features projects by artists and designers including Joan Brossa, Maya Lin, Lawrence Weiner, Pentagram, and Paula Scher. Interviews provide insight into why the artists chose words over images to transmit the message, how the locations were chosen, how materials and typefaces were selected, and how each work connects with its "landscape." Specially drawn maps show the locations for all those interested in discovering this unique kind of public art for themselves."--Publisher's description.