The streets of India are a gallery of images vibrantly portraying the country's rich cultural diversity. Street furniture, architecture, transport, billboards, posters, packaging, animals and people are all used as the media of calculated design and spontaneous expression. Ancient or modern, permanent or transient, India's street art has evolved in a myriad of styles reflecting regional variation and concerns. This collection of photographs is a colourful journey through India's cities, towns and villages, a graphic celebration of its creative street culture, a sourcebook of ideas for students and practitioners of art and design, and a visual record for visitors.
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A photographic album of the subcontinent's astonishingly vibrant spectacle of outdoor advertising.
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Captures the riot of color and image used in advertising, packaging, and even political murals. -- Publishers Weekly
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Fascinating,
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This book is fascinating on several levels. As a photography book of the street advertising in India; great photos of the very colourful and strange ads found there. As a graphic design book; creative inspiration for advertising in ways not done here in the U.S., using materials and styles we don't see here. As an insight into Indian culutre; symbols, colours, methods that make sense to them, seem wonderful and exotic to us. Keep this handy as the kind of picture book you like to look through occasionally; it is fascinating, creative, inspriational, and a good buy for the price.
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Very enjoyable trip,
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This book really conveys a feeling of what it is like traveling through India. For me, is really allowed me to reminisce about my trips with my parents to Madras. I can't think of a better book that gives the feel of what traveling through India is like. The colors and creativity are really special. I think this book makes a great gift and coffee table reading.
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Fantastic StreetGraphics from India !!!!! (- 5x dope),
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This is realy the best and also the-one-and-only book that i know of this kind of ("ugly":) graphic designs. I have been in India and also in Africa and you see this beautiful -mostly by hand painted- grafic designs everywhere !!! I realy LOVE IT ! The letters and figures are mostly out of proportions, but just that makes it so beautifull ! In this book there are a lott of photo's from the very big Bollywood signboards/posters to the little packaging-designs. There are also religious motifs and and politic symbols in this book. If you also like graphic design that is not produced by the Mac, than you MUST have this one !!! If somebody know more grapicdesign-books like this (from Africa or Indonesia or South America, MAIL ME ! echt@casema.net - Thanx, Johan Manschot (Holland)
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