Urban Identities

Gail Finke

Madison Square Press

1999

192 páginas

6h 24m

ISBN-13: 9780942604665

This guide offers a rare treasury of ideas and inspiration for environmental designers, city planners and other professionals involved with sign systems. Urban Identities profiles 49 finely crafted urban identity programs from around the world -- successful systems created for heritage trails, college campuses, public transit, riverwalks, streetscapes and more. Leslie Gallery Dilworth, the mind behind Direction Philadelphia and other model urban sign systems, provides deft insight on the issues of urban sign planning, including funding options and maintenance.