Mobility of the Line

Description

Mobility of the Line : Art Architecture Design

• Explores the many dimensions of line as a fundamental design element
• Inspirational image material from architecture, design, and art
• With contributions by Ricardo Scofidio, Athony McCall, Diana Agrest, Monika Grzymala and Marco Frascari

The line is the constitutive element of every drawing and forms the core element of any design – for art, architecture, urban design or design in general. It resists reduction to simple linearity, but rather takes on complex and dynamic forms that attract the viewer in various ways, both consciously and suggestively. Whether analogue or digital, line is mobile as the forces, movements and effects that line produce are different for each type of line: straight, meandering, interrupted or even invisible.
The book is a stimulating celebration of the manifold aspects of line, using unique examples from architecture, design and art, combining interviews with designers and essays by various authors.

Ivana Wingham is an architect and academic. She is Head of Architecture Programme at Brighton University, UK. She completed her undergraduate studies in Architecture at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, moved to UK and continued her postgraduate studies at the Architectural Association, became registered architect and completed her Ph.D. at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, London.

248 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 180 colour / 23 x 30 cm / English