Humanizing Brutalism: Graphics to Identify, Inform, Orient, Interpret and Inspire

Perkins, Whitney

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Humanizing Brutalism: Graphics to Identify, Inform, Orient, Interpret and Inspire

dc.contributor.author	Perkins, Whitney
dc.coverage.location	UMass Dartmouth
dc.coverage.temporal	2021-10-22T15:30:00-07:00
dc.coverage.temporal	2021-10-22T14:30:00-07:00
dc.date	2023-09-24T09:08:56.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T22:01:36Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-26T22:01:36Z
dc.date.issued	2021-10-22
dc.description.abstract	Despite the reputation of Brutalist architecture being somewhat cold and imposing, the original interiors of these buildings were often covered in brightly-colored signage. In the process of renovating Paul Rudolph's Claire T. Carney Library at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, designer Whitney Perkins drew upon the colors and graphics of the 1960s and 70s in order to construct a bold program of wayfinding, signage and tapestries for the building. This talk looks at some of the influences and processes involved in designing and fabricating this signage.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/a2a9-mj43
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/49856
dc.relation	www.umassbrut.org
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=umassbrut_community&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Architecture
dc.subject	Art and Design
dc.subject	Graphic Design
dc.subject	Historic Preservation and Conservation
dc.subject	Illustration
dc.subject	Industrial and Product Design
dc.subject	Interior Design
dc.subject	Other Architecture
dc.title	Humanizing Brutalism: Graphics to Identify, Inform, Orient, Interpret and Inspire
dc.type	event
dc.type	event
digcom.contributor.author	isAuthorOfPublication\|email:wperkins@rollbarresi.com\|Perkins, Whitney
digcom.identifier	umassbrut_community
digcom.identifier.contextkey	30883877
digcom.identifier.submissionpath	umassbrut_community/2021symposium/day_1/8
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