Interdisciplinary and intercultural experience coupled with sophisticated knowledge and skills are required for devising appropriate, differentiated design solutions for the global context. Ruedi Baur and his research team investigate and analyse visual graphics from different cultures and identify their specific principles of depiction. The research was preceded by a comprehensive case study on the coexistence of Chinese and Latin as well as Arabic and Latin writing. The study culminates in an examination of the conditions under which the coexistence of diverse writing systems can enhance intercultural visual communication. This theme occupies designers in all cultures whose goal it is to promote global understanding while preserving the diversity of languages and writing systems.

About the Author
RUEDI BAUR examines concrete design ques- tions in social contexts, fundamentally oriented toward the development of an accountable design approach. He specializes in the design of public spaces and has developed internationally recog- nized projects with Inte gral Ruedi Baur et Asso- cie s. He is a professor at the School of Art and Design, HEAD - Gene ve, the E cole nationale supe rieure des Arts De coratifs, Paris (ENSAD) and the University Strasbourg. ULRIKE FELSING studied visual communication at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig. Together with Ruedi Baur, she directed the project "Researching design methods in the area of transcultural visual communication," which was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2010- 2015). Felsing has been a lecturer at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) since 2010.


Book Information
ISBN 9783037786130
Author Civic City
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Lars Muller Publishers
Publisher Lars Muller Publishers