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Color : communication in architectural space / Meerwein, Rodeck, Mahnke ; [translation, Laura Bruce with Matthew Gaskins and Paul Cohen].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Basel : Birkhauser Verlag, 2007Edition: First English editionDescription: 152 pages : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783764375966
Uniform titles:
  • Mensch, Farbe, Raum. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 729 ME.C 2007 23
LOC classification:
  • NK2115.5.C6 M4213 2007
Contents:
1. Humans -- the focus of design -- 2. The senses as instruments of communication -- 3. Color -- an environmental element -- 4. Humans and color -- 5. The design essentials of color -- 6. Light and color -- 7. Material and color -- 8. Architectural aspects of space -- 9. Communication : people -- color -- space -- 10. The practice of color design -- 11. Fields of design.
Summary: Colors are an element of both the natural and the man-made environments. They convey messages of all kinds and perform a wide variety of functions, informing, organizing, warning. But they also serve an aesthetic purpose, affecting the statement, effect, and acceptance of objects and spaces. While people's reactions to color vary widely, in design questions it is still possible to establish generally valid color concepts to match the expectations of the various groups of users.
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"Title of the original German language edition: Mensch, Farbe, Raum : Grundlagen der Farbgestaltung in Architektur, Innenarchitektur, Design und Planung"--T.p. verso.

"This book was also published in German: Farbe: Kommunikation im Raum"--T.p. verso.

"Color: communication in architectural space is the revised edition of the German book Mensch-Farbe-Raum, which was first published in 1998."--Introd., p. 9.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-150).

1. Humans -- the focus of design -- 2. The senses as instruments of communication -- 3. Color -- an environmental element -- 4. Humans and color -- 5. The design essentials of color -- 6. Light and color -- 7. Material and color -- 8. Architectural aspects of space -- 9. Communication : people -- color -- space -- 10. The practice of color design -- 11. Fields of design.

Colors are an element of both the natural and the man-made environments. They convey messages of all kinds and perform a wide variety of functions, informing, organizing, warning. But they also serve an aesthetic purpose, affecting the statement, effect, and acceptance of objects and spaces. While people's reactions to color vary widely, in design questions it is still possible to establish generally valid color concepts to match the expectations of the various groups of users.

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