Arts et Metiers Graphiques

The periodical Arts et Metiers Graphiques (1927-38) was one of the most entertaining and visually satisfying graphic arts magazines ever issued.

Published in Paris, Charles Peignot, director of the Deberny & Peignot typefoundry, was the impresario behind the publication assisted by Maximilien Vox, typographer and publicist along with a coterie of au courant French designers.

Arts et Metiers Graphiques was concerned with the French book trade, and offered articles both on printing history as well as contemporary developments in the typographic trade. A patriotic publication it aimed to raise the profile of French designers. Later editions expanded to include articles on advertising and publicity and attempts were made to include new ideas from abroad.

Although it did not overtly promote the trade interests of the parent company Arts et Metiers Graphiques was a wonderful piece of publicity for the Deberny & Peignot typefoundry. However, it’s true success lay in its ability to understand and showcase the new form of modernism emerging including industrial techniques which have since come to dominate communication: new printing processes, photography, film and animation.

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