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Dictionary of the Illegible

 - Dictionary of the Illegible
A multidisciplinary perspective on illegibility as a cultural phenomenon (new edition).
Dictionary of the Illegible explores the limits of language—its beginnings and its ends—from humanity's earliest marks to the dissolution of modern alphabets before our eyes. Mapping more than 400 examples of illegibility drawn from Indigenous cultures to imagined future civilizations, the book spans contemporary art, science fiction, politics, architecture, and technology. Dictionary of the Illegible proposes illegibility as a strategy for navigating a world increasingly governed by visibility, efficiency, and total surveillance.
New edition of the book first pulbished in January 2026 (ISBN 979-8-986918-71-6).

Featuring Adrian Frutiger, Albrecht Dürer, Anni Albers, Armin Hofmann, Asemic Writing, Balenciaga, Black Metal, Black midi, Blissymbolics, Brian Eno, Bruno Munari, Carlos Amorales, Carl Gustav Jung, Cattle Branding, Charles Schulz, Chinook Tribe, Cornel Windlin, Cui Fei, Cy Twombly, David Carson, Doctor Who, Dragon Ball Z, Ed Fella, El Lissitzky, Family Guy, Fraser Muggridge, Gang Graffiti, Giorgio de Chirico, Guy de Cointet, Hilma af Klint, Hanne Darboven, Irma Blank, Isidore Isou, Jeremy Deller, Jimmie Durham, Joan Miró, Karel Martens, Karl Nawrot, Keith Haring, Maia Ruth Lee, Man Ray, Masanao Hirayama, Max Ernst, Micah Lexier, Miffy, Mirtha Dermisache, Neville Brody, Nike, Norm, Paul Chan, Paul Klee, Philip Guston, Pictographs, Protest Signs, Robert Beatty, Roland Barthes, Roland Sabatier, SAEIO, Saul Steinberg, Scoobi Doo, Shannon Ebner, Sol Lewitt, Star Trek, Star Wars, Tezzo Suzuki, The Simpsons, Tobias Frere-Jones, Wassily Kandinsky, Wolfgang Weingart...
Edited and introduced by par Laurenz Brunner.
 
2026 (publication expected by 4th quarter)
English edition
12,5 x 17 cm (relié)
480 pages (ill.)
 
forthcoming


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