• Black cover of Pentagram Papers 24 titled “The Arms of Paris”, featuring a white minimalist emblem centered on a matte black background with a thin white border.
  • Open spread of Pentagram Papers 24 “The Arms of Paris”, showing a black title page with centered text on the left and a full-page grainy green-toned photographic image on the right, with a hand holding the booklet against a white background.
  • Open spread of Pentagram Papers 24 “The Arms of Paris”, showing a historic illustrated map of Paris with colour-coded districts and decorative cartouches, held open by a hand against a white background.
  • Open spread of Pentagram Papers 24 “The Arms of Paris”, showing a small photograph of an architectural crest with a ship motif on the left page and a full-page blue-toned relief emblem featuring a stylised sailing ship on the right, held open by a hand against a white background.
  • Open spread of Pentagram Papers 24 “The Arms of Paris”, showing a full-page photograph of a circular stone relief with sailing ships on the left and two smaller architectural photographs of Parisian building details on the right, held open by a hand against a white background.
  • Open spread of Pentagram Papers 24 “The Arms of Paris”, showing a full-page photograph of a painted ship motif carved into a tree trunk on the left and a smaller photograph of a brick architectural detail with circular reliefs on the right, held open by a hand against a white background.
  • Open spread of Pentagram Papers 24 “The Arms of Paris”, showing a full-bleed photograph of a symmetrical brick architectural facade with layered horizontal elements, held open by a hand against a white background.
  • Open spread of Pentagram Papers 24 “The Arms of Paris”, showing a full-page photograph of a green stone municipal crest on the left and two smaller images on the right including a French street sign and an official circular stamp, held open by a hand against a white background.
  • Open spread of Pentagram Papers 24 “The Arms of Paris”, showing a white page with a Paris emblem featuring a stylised ship on the left and a black colophon page with centered text and fine white border on the right, held open by a hand against a white background.
  • Back cover of Pentagram Papers 24, showing centered white publisher and address text on a black background with a thin white border.
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THE ARMS OF PARIS - Pentagram Papers 24 [1996]

THE ARMS OF PARIS - Pentagram Papers 24 [1996]

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Pentagram Design, London, 1996 | Softcover, 24pp | 15 x 21 cm | First Edition

A sharply focused visual essay from Pentagram’s influential Papers series, examining the heraldic symbols, architectural emblems and graphic language embedded across the city of Paris. The Arms of Paris documents civic crests, reliefs, architectural details and urban insignia, tracing how identity, power and history are encoded into the built environment.

Moving between photography, archival imagery and graphic analysis, the publication reflects Pentagram’s distinctive ability to bridge design, architecture and visual culture. Both documentary and design object, it captures a moment when postmodern graphic sensibility met historical urban symbolism.

Very good condition: Light surface wear to covers. Internally clean and well-preserved.

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