Editor: Laetitia Wolff
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, London
Publication: 2007, First Edition
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 216
Size: 260 x 300
Text: English
ISBN: 0714848115
(Preface) ‘Robert Massin (b.1925), the celebrated French graphic artist, art director, typographer and writer, has made a remarkable contribution to the history of book design. He has worked as a graphic designer in Paris since the 1950s, and spent twenty years as art director for the pre-eminent French publisher Gallimard, where he was responsible for the designs for the 'Folio' and 'L'Imaginaire' series. His revolutionary three-dimensional book covers and his playful experimentation with the visual possibilities afforded by combining letters, fonts and images in 'expressive typography' have rightly earned him his place amongst the most highly regarded post-war graphic designers…’
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