Title: Letters from M/M (Paris)
Author: Paul McNeil
Foreword: Björk

Letters from M/M (Paris) is a comprehensive study of the typefaces produced by Michaël Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak since they founded their influential art and design practice M/M (Paris) in 1992.

Ninety of the designers’ typefaces are catalogued chronologically in a three-part volume, comprising the history of their development; exclusive type specimens; and detailed illustrations of projects in which they appear.

The book

Letters from M/M (Paris) is part manifest, part monograph – a richly layered exploration of the studio’s endlessly inventive letterform creations. Combining sketches, alternate characters, design systems and contextual imagery, the book reveals how the studio’s unique typographic vision has helped shape the visual identities of some of the most influential institutions of our time.

With a foreword by Björk – whose collaboration with M/M spans over two decades – this encyclopaedic volume traces the distinctive and integral nature of type, lettering and signs in the work of the studio, from one-off artistic commissions to fashion branding and their celebrated collaborations with musicians and theatres.

“M/M (Paris) shifted the dial on typographic expression. To quote this book’s author, Paul McNeil, ‘they are the method actors of letters.’”
—Adrian Shaughnessy, co-founder Unit Editions

About the author

Paul McNeil is a graphic designer, writer and educator and was formerly Course Director of MA Contemporary Typographic Media at the London College of Communication. In 2009, he co-founded MuirMcNeil with Hamish Muir, a design practice whose activities are focused on exploring systematic methods in design for visual communication.

Specifications

Pages: 480
Format: Hardback with half-height jacket
Size: 258 x 210 mm
Publication date: 2022-11-24
ISBN: 9780500025277

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