Gráfica Maiadouro
Sessenta Anos
Gráfica Maiadouro: Sessenta Anos is a jubilee book, commemorating Maiadouro’s sixtieth anniversary. The history of the company is established through three narrative devices: textual, client work and archival documentation.
The text tells the story of Maiadouro’s struggles, innovations and victories, from its humble beginnings to the industrial powerhouse it is today. The culmination of a collection of interviews.
The most emblematic client work, strongly tied to the technical challenges that pushed Maiadouro forward, was extensively photographed, in order to standardise and distinguish the images from the archival work. Also, it showcases the details that makes Maiadouro one of the finest printing houses in Europe.
A thorough investigation through Maiadouro’s archive, detecting the hallmarks of its history, informed the above mentioned narratives. At the same time, these archival documents are featured on the book.
In a large coffee table book format, it highlights the photography in the most dignifying way. Six colour offset print on acid free paper. Smyth sewn with a screenprint, traditional roundback hardcover, with an additional board on the front and back. Covered with paper and fabric.
Title Gráfica Maiadouro Sessenta Anos
Publisher Gráfica Maiadouro
Date 2020
Text Cláudia Brandão
Photography
Dinis Santos and Daniel Malhão
Editorial Coordination and Design
0.itemzero, Rúben R. Dias,
Fábio Duarte Martins, Ricardo P. Dantas
Type Story
Format 230×330 (Large Coffee Table Book)
Pages 180
Binding Smyth sewn
Cover Traditional roundback hardcover
with additional board on the front and back
covered with paper and fabric
Prepress, Printing and Finishing
Gráfica Maiadouro
Print Six colour offset print
on acid free paper.
