supergraphics

[ soo-per-graf-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.

Other Words From

• super·graphic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of supergraphics¹

First recorded in 1965–70; super- + graphics

Example Sentences

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, 95, an audacious graphic designer, landscape architect and artist who first made a splash in the 1960s with the supersize, geometric architectural painting movement known as supergraphics, died Tuesday at her home in San Francisco.

From Seattle Times

“And Bobbie paints the development’s name right on the exterior of the main lodge in bold Helvetica typeface, and paints a wondrous graphic surprise in the athletic center’s shower rooms, which, perhaps to the architects’ ire, became the cover image in architecture magazines and led to the beginning of environmental supergraphics.

From New York Times

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, an audacious graphic designer, landscape architect and artist who first made a splash in the 1960s with the supersize, geometric architectural painting movement known as supergraphics, died Sunday at her home in San Francisco.

From New York Times

The seminal San Franciscan designer experiencing an unlikely surge of attention at 91: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, who is primarily associated with the pioneering supergraphics she designed for Northern California’s Sea Ranch, is the subject of two new shows.

From Los Angeles Times

The buildings will display digital signs and supergraphics, which the council allowed over the objections of the city Planning Commission.

From Los Angeles Times