New Mythologies in Design and Culture Reading Signs and Symbols in the Visual Landscape

Taking as its point of departure Roland Barthes’ classic series of essays, Mythologies, Rebecca Houze presents an exploration of signs and symbols in the visual landscape of postmodernity. In nine chapters Houze considers a range of contemporary phenomena, from the history of sustainability to the m...

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1. Verfasser: Houze, Rebecca
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2016
Bloomsbury Academic
Bloomsbury Publishing
Ausgabe:1
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Communication in design
Communication in design > United States
Communication Studies (Film & Media ASC3)
DESIGN
Design - Social aspects - United States
History and Culture of Design
Signs and symbols
Signs and symbols > United States
Theory and Practice of Design
ISBN:1474277721, 9781474277723, 0857857622, 9780857857620, 9781472518491, 1472518497, 0857855212, 9780857855213
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction - Green - Gateway - Bull’s-eye! - I Is for Indian - The False Mirror - Red State, Blue State - DS - Just Do It - The Grid - Plate Section
  • FC -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Green -- 2 Gateway -- 3 Bull's-eye! -- 4 I Is for Indian -- 5 The False Mirror -- 6 Red State, Blue State -- 7 DS -- 8 Just Do It -- 9 The Grid -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Plates