After vino, pasta, and cheese, signs are Italy's most iconic product. Italy is the birthplace of the Western alphabet, and beautiful signs are everywhere. From stone inscriptions and reliefs to neon lighting and illuminated glass, <em>Graphica della Strada</em> is a photographic diary of hundreds of restaurant, shop, hotel, street, and advertising signs from cites and towns throughout Italy. Spare, ornate, or wildy fanciful, they are painted on glass, wood, and metal; some are enamel, still others mosaic. From thousands of signs, photographed over two decades, renowned graphic designer Louise Fili curates a captivating collection of her colorful, whimsical, typographically inventive, and often breathtaking favorites. Designers and Italophiles alike will be charmed by this visually stunning typographic love letter to Italy.