KONTRAPUNKT: THE CROWNING TOUCH/ KRONEN PÅ MÆRKET.

Author: Andersen, Kim Meyer
Country: Denmark
Language: English/ Danish
Year Published: 2000
No. of pages: 120
Illustrations: 98 Color Illustrations. 28 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 87909040306
Biblio/Bio: Bios.
Code: 4245

Price: $79.50

A catalog exploring the philosophy of Kontrapunkt, a Danish design firm, that has designed the use of the Danish royal logo for a number of institutions. In the design process, Kontrapunkt works across existing design disciplines in order to create coherence between intent, function and experience. They granted a number of state institutions a contemporary expression combining openness with natural authority by using powerful expressiveness and the idiom of heraldry in a new way thereby giving the crown a new content. The crown that used to signal unrestricted power and, later, stuffy departments, but now signals a dialogue-seeking, democratic state. A beautiful guide highlighting the design programs that have reinvigorated this weighty historical symbol.