Tag Archives: robert massin

freaks : gabba gabba mantra

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) tod browning’s bizarre masterpiece, “freaks”, also seems to introduce an interesting tweak in movie title typography. i imagine there are earlier examples, but this is the earliest i’ve found of a sort of ‘interactive’ typographic … Continue reading

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figuring the mess

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) like i talked about in my last essay, this is what his paste-up looked like (after 40 years of decomposition.) if you look hard, you can see the type printed on it. every time i … Continue reading

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flexing the lyrics: printing on condoms

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) way back in 1965 the frenchman, robert massin, designed an amazing book that was released by grove press (the great american arts publisher). in it, he took a reading of eugene ionesco’s classic of the … Continue reading

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thrift wrap mysteries

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this is a japanese 45 baggie sleeve from (i’m guessing by way of that particular logo design) from at least the 1960′s, maybe earlier. i collect these crappy little sleeves because they completely fascinate … Continue reading

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ohio : reloading for bear

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) in light of what happened this weekend with “occupy oakland”, i want to share with you this little book i found at the goodwill store. it’s called “i was there (what really went on at … Continue reading

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sock it to them: laughing last in our discontent

Laugh-In. canned laughter and forced hip…. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): In the mid to late 1960′s, the psychedelic underground revolution had already started to wane. it was a literal flash-in-the-pan. All of the original pioneers had morphed into varying sorts of … Continue reading

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straightening out a wobbly trend: naive it is not

Infusing, not confusing image with type. The slam and mix-master technique…. Art Chantry (Art@artchantry.com): In my classes over the years, I’ve always encourage (insisted, actually) that my students try to learn to combine type with image. to my eye, there … Continue reading

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