Magenta Pressing
Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter
on Dec 2nd, 2023.
Photo: Matthijs Sluiter. License: All Rights Reserved.
An all lowercase light box sign for a pressing service located at Boulevard de Magenta 48 near Gare du Nord, Paris. Image shot October 2022, artwork date and designer unknown. The shop has shut doors, and the sign was luckily left in place. On the left of the sign appears what could be a logo/monogram consisting of the characters m and p, like the name of the service set in Bau – a typeface issued by Mecanorma in 1972.
2 Comments on “Magenta Pressing”
Very nice.
This entry suggests that “mp” is indeed a monogram, and stands for “Magenta Pressing”.
The snapshots on Google Street View reveal that the letters were black in 2008, and turned blue in 2010. The dry cleaner was still open for business in June 2016.
MP – of course! When I spotted this shop front I figured it was “Mr Pressing”.