Else/where FIRM

Else/where FIRM

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Traditionally written by history's victors, maps are gaining new currency in our information saturated age as a means of making arguments and processes viable. This title explores the importance of maps as aids to navigation, understanding and cultural representation. ELSE/WHERE: MAPPING charts the ascendancy of mapping as a powerful interdisciplinary strategy, one that links people and places, data and organizations, and physical and virtual environments. Traditionally written by history's victors, maps are gaining new currency in our information-saturated age as a means of making arguments and processes visible. Mapping technologies today are as diverse as the agendas driving them: social networks are mapped with dynamic digital interfaces; buildings are mapped with lasers; cities and regions are mapped by satellite. Illustrated with nearly 300 images, from archival woodcuts to Web-based maps and GPS drawings, ELSE/WHERE: MAPPING explores how cartographic techniques are being adapted to map the emerging landscapes of electronic communication. It showcases cutting-edge projects in graphic and industrial design, art, architecture, and technology by an international roster of writers, artists, and designers at the forefront of locative media practice. ELSE/WHERE: MAPPING proposes-by visual example and written analysis-that mapping is a fundamental design process that increasingly shapes the physical and conceptual dimensions of contemporary society. Deborah Littlejohn (designer) is design fellow at the University of Minnesota Design Institute. Distributed for the University of Minnesota Design Institute by the University of Minnesota Press.

Specifications

Aantal pagina's
304
Auteur
Janet Abrams
Breedte (mm)
202
Druk
New title
Gewicht (g)
989
Hoogte (mm)
27
Lengte (mm)
249
NUR-code
656
Ondertitel
Mapping
Taal
en
Uitgever
University of Minnesota, Design Institute
Uitvoering
Paperback
Verschijningsjaar
2005
ISBN
9780972969628

Item number: 9780972969628