Letter and Image by Massin, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Robert Massin
  • Year 1970
  • Client/Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold Company,
  • Size 220mm x 290mm
Robert Massin
Robert Massin was born in 1925 and was a typographer and book designer. For a longtime Massin was an art director the French publisher, Gallimard. Before that role he was editor of CFL (French Book Club), designer at Le Club du Meilleur Livre and Pierre Faucheux. Explore related designers including Herb Lubalin and Roger Excoffon. See also French graphic design history and 1960s graphic design history.

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Letter and Image by Massin, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970
Letter and Image by Massin, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970
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