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The book is inspired by the first seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. "Dealing with the Image Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to stimulate a discussion among engineers, designers and architects, all of whom are traditionally involved in the use of the Image as a specialized language supporting their work, their research activities and their educational tasks. The book will also include the essays of invited or interviewed authors from other disciplines, namely Philosophy, Mathematics and Semiotics. According to Regis Debray, in the present "Visual Age", which he has significantly defined as a "Video-Sphere", all the information tends to be processed and controlled by means of visual devices. This occurs especially in the various branches of many technical studies and activities, one of the most sensitive areas to the use of Visual Language in the past and even more in the present.
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Luigi Cocchiarella Editor The Visual Language of Technique Volume 1 History and Epistemology The Visual Language of Technique Luigi Cocchiarella Editor The Visual Language of Technique Volume 1 – History and Epistemology 123 Editor Luigi Cocchiarella Department of Architecture and Urban Studies Politecnico di Milano Milan Italy ISBN 978-3-319-05349-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-05350-9 ISBN 978-3-319-05350-9 (eBook) Library of Congress Control Number: 2014949295 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Cover illustration: Seminar Logo. Designed by Luigi Cocchiarella. Assembled by the Communication Staff of the Politecnico di Milano. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Forewords Visual Language and Technical Universities It is hard to exclude Visual Language from a talk on the identity of a Technical University. Visiting the archives of the Politecnico di Milano, by way of example, multitudes of images pr