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stanley vattenflaska ese buildings, statues, and sculptures made from letterforms, from Lettering Large: The Art and Design of Monumental Typography, a new book by Steven Heller and Mirko Ili膰. While carving a sign from a slab of marble or slapping supergraphics on the side of a building is nothing new, a recent boom in techniques like computer-aided milling and large-format printing has aided the ability of artists and design
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stanley becher Ogijima, Seto Inland Sea, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, 2010 Artist: Jaume Plensa Associate architect: Tadashi Saito VAKA Photographer: Laura Medina, Plensa Studio, Barcelona A community center in Japan features various characters in Japanese, Hebrew, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Greek, Latin, Korean, and Hindi, among other languages, to evoke the world diversity and to welcome visitors from any background. HCYS, Metz, France, 2005 Designer: Tania Mouraud Photographer: R.mi Villaggi Materials: Digital print on plastic tarpaulin Artist Tania Mo