- Robert Massin (b.1925) is a highly influential French graphic designer and writer and is one of the key figures in the development of post-war graphic design - The first monograph published in English on Massin's career, which includes twenty years as art director for the pre-eminent French publisher Gallimard - Charts Massin's wide-ranging work with detailed discussion of some of his most inventive and exciting projects, including the award-winning The Bold Prima Donna (1964) and Letter and Image (1970) - Research was carried out in close collaboration with Massin, and benefited from unrivalled access to the Massin collection in Chartre; and the designer's personal archives - Includes preparatory sketches, letters and finished works, photographed especially for this book
