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Release in late summer 2018 by Niggli

Script is language. Language is communication, and communication is the key to successful intercultural exchange.


As a result of globalisation and increased interaction across countries and cultures, multilingualism is becoming increasingly important all around the world. Script, as the most important conveyor of information, is at the centre of this development. Designers are more and more faced with the challenging task to create advertising posters, signage systems, books or lettering for example that not only combine different languages but two or even more writing systems with varying visual precepts and habits.

The book Bi-Scriptual documents and discusses sociocultural premises, technical requirements and practical considerations concerning multiscript design and typography. All eight in-depth presented writing systems are then described by specialists in the field and illustrated by work examples from international designers and studios. Bi-Scriptual provides a thorough overview of the various possibilities for the booming field of multiscript design to foster international communication.

A PROJECT BYEps51

EditorsBen Wittner, Sascha Thoma, Timm Hartmann


WITH TEXTS BYAdi Stern, Eugene Yukechev, Gerry Leonidas, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, Jeongmin Kwon, Keith Tam, Kristyan Sarkis, Lara Captan, Liron Lavi Turkenich, Mariko Takagi, Peter Bil'ak, Vaibhav Singh


ENGLISH, 320 PAGES,
HARDCOVER,
240×320 MM

Participants

LETTERS / 29LT

(Lebanon / Spain)

100/100 ARABIC DESIGN

PLATFORM

(Egypt / Germany / Jordania / Poland)
A

A-B.INTERNATIONAL E.V

(Greece / Germany)

ABOU SAEED ESKANDARI

(Iran)

ACST-DESIGN

(Taiwan)

ALEX LEWIS

(UK)

ANATOLY GRASHCHENKO

(Russia)

ANDREU BALIUS

(Spain)

ANNA KULACHEK

(Ukraine)

ARATA KUBOTA

(Japan)

ARCHER ZUO

(China)

ATYPICAL

(Greece)

AUTOMATICO STUDIO

(Switzerland)

AVI BOHBOT

(Israel/Germany)
B

BABUSHKE / TYPONINE

(Croatia)

BOB STUDIO

(Greece / Portugal)

BOLD-DECISIONS

Denmark)

BORIS BONEV

Bulgaria)

BRAND NEW TYPE

(India)

BRODY ASSOCIATES

(UK / Germany / South Korea / Japan)

BUREAU BORSCHE

(Germany)

BÜRO 146

(Switzerland)

BUSYBUILDING

(GREECE)
C

CAROL TWOMBLY

(USA)

CHAE BYUNG-ROK

(South Korea)

CHAPCHINSTUDIO

(Iran)

CHRISTIAN ROBERTSON

(USA)

CHRISTIAN SCHWARTZ

(USA)

CYRILLICSLY

(Russia)

CYRUS HIGHSMITH

(USA)
D

DANIELLE ERENBERG

(Israel)

DAVID BERLOW

(USA)

DAVID BŘEZINA

(CZECHIA)

DAVID JONATHAN ROSS

(USA)

DOKHO SHIN

(South Korea)

DOMINIK HUBER

(Switzerland)
E

ECHO YANG

(TAIWAN)

EDUARD ZIMOVTSEV

(Russia)

EK TYPE

(India)

EPS51

(Germany)

ERICH BRECHBÜHL [MIXER]

(Switzerland)

ESH GRUPPA

(Russia)

EUNJOO HONG / HYUNGJAE KIM

(South Korea)
F

FARHAD FOZOUNI

(Iran)

FOREIGN POLICY DESIGN GROUP

(Singapore)

FRANK GRIESSHAMMER

(USA)
G

GAYANEH BAGDASARYAN / BROWNFOX

(Russia)

GEORGE TRIANTAFYLLAKOS

(Greece)

GHIYA HAIDAR

(Lebanon)

GÖTZ GRAMLICH

(Germany)

GRILLI TYPE

(Switzerland)

GROZA.DESIGN

(Russia)

GUANG YU

(China)
H

HANIF KURESHI

(India)

HASEPRO

(Japan)

HAW-LIN SERVICES

(Germany)

HERBURG WEILAND

(Germany)

HEY JOE / HYOUN YOUL JOE

(South Korea)

HOMA DELVARAY

(Iran)

HUDA SMITSHUIJZEN ABIFARÈS

(Lebanon / Netherlands)
I

IGOR GUROVICH

(Russia)

IMAN RAAD

(Iran)

INFONAUTS

(India)

IRA IVANOVA

(Russia)

IRINA SMIRNOVA

(Iran)

IRRADIÉ

(France)

ISHAN KHOSLA

(India)
J

JAN FROMM

(Germany)

JIN JUNG

(South Korea)

JUAN LUIS BLANCO

(Spain)
K

KAFEEL

(India)

KATRIN BRÜGGEMANN

(Germany)

KEI SAKAWAKI

(Japan)

KEN-TSAI LEE DESIGN LAB

(Taiwan)

KHAJAG APELIAN

(Lebanon / Netherlands)

KIMYA GANDHI

(India)

KOBI FRANCO DESIGN

(Israel)

KRISTA RADOEVA

(Bulgaria)

KRISTYAN SARKIS

(Lebanon)
L

LAURA MESEGUER

(Spain)

LAUREN THORSON

(USA)

LIAOWEIGRAPHIC

(Taiwan)

LIRON LAVI TURKENICH

(Israel)

LISA GUEDEL-DOLLE/BUREAU MONDIAL

(France)

LIZA RASSKAZOVA

(Russia)

LOPEZ DESIGN

(India)

LUDOVIC BALLAND

(Switzerland)
M

M23 FONS HICKMANN

(Germany)

MARC KAPPELER

(Switzerland)

MARIA DOREULI

(Russia)

MARIA MITCHEVA

(Bulgaria / Netherlands)

MAZIYAR PAHLEVAN

(Iran)

MICHAL SAHAR

(Israel)

MILKXHAKE

(China)

MILKXHAKE X HELLO~.

(China)

MOIRÉ

(Switzerland)

MORCOS KEY

(Lebanon, USA)

MYKC

(South Korea)
N

NADINE CHAHINE

(Lebanon / UK)

NAÏMA BEN AYED

(France)

NATASSA PAPPA

(Greece)

NAWAL ARAFAT

(Palestine)

NOËL LEU

(Switzerland)
O

ODED EZER

(Israel)

OK-RM

(UK)

ONION DESIGN ASSOCIATES

(Taiwan)

OUR PLACE

(UK)
P

PANOS HARATZOPOULOS

(Greece)

PASCAL ZOGHBI

(Lebanon/Spain)

PAUL HUNT

(USA)

PETER BANKOV

(Russia)

PETER BIL'AK

(Slovakia / Netherlands)

PHILIPPOS VASSILIADES

(Cyprus)

PI6

(Greece / Germany / South Korea)

POSTSTUDIO

(Bulgaria)

PRACTICE

(South Korea)

PUBLIC POSITIONS

(Germany)
R

RAMIRO ESPINOZA

(Argentina/Netherlands)

RAZ SHRAGA

(Israel)

REDOUAN CHETUAN

(Morocco)

REN TAKAYA / AD&D

(Japan)

RETO MOSER

(Switzerland)

RIKAKO NAGASHIMA / VILLAGE®

(Japan)

ROBERT SLIMBACH

(USA)

ROB KELLER

(USA)

RONY KARADI

(Israel)

ROSETTA TYPE

(Czechia)

RYOKO NISHIZUKA

(Japan)

RYU MIENO

(Japan)
S

SALAH EDDINE BELLIZI

(Morocco)

SALEH ZANGANEH

(Iran)

SAM WOOD

(Canada)

SHIRIN JOHARI

(India)

SHUHEI NAGAO

(Japan)

SHUN SASAKI / AYOND

(Japan)

SOOJIN LEE

(South Korea)

STUDIO FNT

(South Korea)

STUDIO HATO

(UK)

STUDIO MELLI

(Japan)

STUDIO NE—PO

(France)

STUDIO ODD HYPHEN / BOHUY KIM

(South Korea)

STUDIO SAFAR

(Lebanon)

STUDIO WHITECROW

(India)

SUHAIL

(India)

SULKI AND MIN

(South Korea)

SWISS TYPEFACES

(Switzerland)
T

TANKBOYS

(Italy)

TGIF

(USA)

THE BIRTHDAYS DESIGN

(Greece)

THE SIMPLE SOCIETY

(Japan / Germany)

THIS IS THAT

(Greece)

THONIK

(Netherlands)

TOBIAS FRERE-JONES

(USA)

TORU KASE

(Japan)

TYPICAL ORGANIZATION

(Greece / Netherlands)
U

UMANG

(India)

UNFUN

(Germany)

UVNTITLED LAB

(China)
V

VAIBHAV SINGH

(India / UK)

VASSILIS GEORGIOU

(Greece)

VIER5

(France)

VYACHESLAV KIRILENKO / BROWNFOX

(Kazakhstan) WAEL MORCOS
W

WAEL MORCOS

(Lebanon / USA)

WAHEED DESIGN STUDIO

(Iran)

WANG ZHI-HONG

(Taiwan)

WOLFF OLINS

(UK / USA)

WORKROOM

(South Korea)
Y

YANNIS KARLOPOULOS

(Greece)

YOTAM HADAR

(Israel / USA)

YOTAM HADAR, STUDIO SHUAL (GUY SAGGEE)

(Israel / USA)

YUTAKA SATOH

(Japan)
Z

ZHIHUA DUAN

(China)

Contact

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