Robert Massin

Recent articles about Robert Massin

Language unleashed

Issue 16, Spring 1995

Feature

Massin’s pioneering book designs of the 1960s used graphic devices to make the spoken word visible and enhance the text’s meaning

Pre-postmodernity

Issue 50, Winter 2003

Feature

Does a small book from nearly 30 years ago encapsulate a ‘golden age’?

Permanent innovation

Issue 19, Winter 1995

Feature

With his ‘livre objets’ for the French book clubs, Pierre Faucheux invented a new genre

Recent blog posts about Robert Massin

Books received #27 (type books)

26 June 2017
Book design, Design history, Graphic design, Posters, Typography

Custom Lettering of the 20s and 30s, Word Disco, Type is Beautiful, Type Tells Tales and Johnston & Gill: Very British Types
Here are a few typographically oriented books that caught our attention in recent months. Type…