Arts et Métiers Graphiques #62

This is Arts et Métiers Graphiques #62 which was a special issue: Expositions Internationales Paris 1937 New York 1939, viagra sale site published 15 March 1938.

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Arts et Métiers Graphiques #62

Arts et Métiers Graphiques was a leading and influential graphic design magazine published between 1927 and 1939. The magazine was founded by Charles Peignot who ran the French type foundry Debemy et Peignot.

According to the AMG database website at Rochester Institute of Technology:

“Charles Peignot, view a young visionary with presses, recipe metal type, and personal connections at his disposal secured his legacy in graphic arts history with the publication of Arts et Métiers Graphiques. In it, he wanted to cover “all the subjects near or far from printing, of its history, and its diverse contemporary manifestations.” In over ten years of publication Peignot’s wide editorial goal encompassed subjects ranging from illustration, the history of the book and printing techniques and the then-expanding disciplines of advertising design and modern art photography. The magazine also featured regular reviews of fine limited-edition books and reprints of classical literature excerpts in typographically innovative layouts. Each edition was printed on high-quality papers with frequent tipped-in plates and inserts. Until the Second World War forced the magazine to cease production, Arts et Métiers Graphiques was one of the highest standards for graphic arts magazines of its time.”

This issue, number 62, broke with AMG’s normal practice of using an “AMG” themed cover and instead featured a beautiful world’s fair themed image. The cover is unsigned. The majority of the issue is focused on the 1937 Exposition Internationale rather than the 1939 New York World’s Fair which was still in construction in early 1938.

Both fairs represented a bright view of the future that was not to come to pass as the shadow of World War 2 loomed.

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Arts et Métiers Graphiques #62 – Table of Contents

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Arts et Métiers Graphiques #62 – Inside View 1, view of pavilions from the 1937 Paris Exposition Internationale

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Arts et Métiers Graphiques #62 – Inside View 2, view of pavilions from the 1937 Paris Exposition Internationale

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Arts et Métiers Graphiques #62 – Inside View 3, views of models of pavilions planned for the 1939 New York World’s Fair

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Arts et Métiers Graphiques #62 – Inside View 4, view of the Trylon & Hemisphere from the 1939 New York World’s Fair

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