Line is the constitutive moment of every drawing and forms the core element of any
design ' for architecture, art, urban design,or design in general. It cannot be reduced to a purely linear system, but rather takes on complex and dynamic forms that attract the viewer in various ways, both consciously and suggestively. Whether analogue or digital,line is mobile because it unfolds on the surface: as a straight, snaking, zigzagging, bent,interrupted, or even invisible force.
The book is a page for page celebration of the manifold aspects of line, using fascinating examples from architecture, design, and art,as well as interviews with designers and essays by various authors. The editor Ivana Wingham is an architect and a member of the Architectural Association in London. She is Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader of Master in Architectural Studies at the University of Brighton, UK.