He was the only futurist ever to live in new york city. A 1927 masterpiece of avantgarde graphic design and book making is set to return to print. The facsimile was published in 2017, and a new campaign for a reprint of the facsimile is live through march 19. Wired magazine calls it one of the world s most iconic design books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Dec 05, 2018 the awarding of all prize copies of the facsimile is dependent on the successful conclusion of the kickstarter for the bolted book, 2nd printing, scheduled to launch in january 2019. Brown, charles morrow, samuel durbin, and allen baca p. Or, as in the case of the bolts for the depero, you need to find someone to refabricate the original. The exquisite art of publishing kickstarter magazine medium.
One of the highlights of cimas inaugural season, devoted to the italian futurist fortunato depero, was the display of deperos 1927 graphic design masterpiece, depero futurista, also known as the bolted book on account of its distinctive binding. For more information on the bolted book facsmile project, visit. The bolted book depero futurista known as the bolted book because of its famous binding of two aluminum industrial bolts the art of the future will be largely advertising. Depero futurista publication design typographic design oer. Filled with bold typographic experimentation, daring layouts and featuring work in nearly every artistic medium, it is widely known as the bolted book because it is fa. The accompanying readers guide explores the extraordinary legacy of the project, setting the book in its proper context and making it available as a source of inspiration for a new generation.
Facsimile edition 01 by fortunato depero, raffaele bedarida, heather ewing, steven heller isbn. Long unavailable, the bolted book is now coming back to print. Community seems to be a large part of this movement. Sep 29, 2016 the book is known familiarly as the bolted book, because of its unique binding. Some time ago i backed the kickstarter campaign to create a new facsimile of deperos 1927 bolted book. The bolted book facsimile will be an exact copy of the original depero futurista, including its unusual binding using bolts and wide variety of highly tactile paper stocks.
Your name will be featured in a special section of the acknowledgments in the readers guide dedicated to friends of swipe design, a bookstore dedicated to design publications and design objects. This historic project is a collaboration between the center for italian modern art in new york, the mart, museum of modern and contemporary art of trento and rovereto. Jun 24, 2017 there are not many copies of the newly printed facsimile edition of fortunato deperos bolted book left for sale. In 1927, the italian futurist artist and designer fortunato depero created a monograph of his work unlike anything that had been seen before. The first exact copy of fortunato depero s 1927 iconic avantgarde book, depero futurista check out the bolted book facsimile on indiegogo. Your name will be featured in a special section of the acknowledgments in the readers guide dedicated to friends of swipe design, a bookstore dedicated to. Recognized as the first modern day artists book, depero futurista is commonly known as the bolted book because of its famous binding using two aluminum industrial bolts. The book itself is an interesting and unusual design object.
Produced to accompany a kickstarter for a 2nd printing of our acclaimed bolted book facsimile a replica of the groundbreaking 1927 publication depero futurista. Depero futurista tote bag, featuring artwork from the bolted book deperos portrait and the title page. The bolts that hold the book together at can be unscrewed, and the pages taken out. The 2017 facsimile, printed last month at graphicom in vicenza, italy, following a successful kickstarter campaign, is the first to include the exact content of the 1927 original.
The first exact copy of fortunato deperos 1927 iconic avantgarde book, depero futurista check out the bolted book facsimile on indiegogo. Oct 18, 2016 long unavailable, the bolted book is now coming back to print. An exact copy of depero futurista by furtunato depero price tbd. A rare 1927 art book bound with nuts and bolts featuring the work of the italian futurist fortunato depero may be reprinted as a nearperfect facsimile edition thanks in part to the efforts of raffaele bedarida, assistant professor of art history in the faculty of humanities and social sciences. Depera futuristabolted book new facsimile rizzoli bookstore. Our acclaimed facsimile edition of fortunato deperos 1927 graphic design masterpiece, the bolted book depero futurista, published in 2017. Depero futurista the bolted book a new facsimile depero. Oct 29, 2016 in addition to the bolted book facsimile edition, we are offering an array of rewards developed from the art and design as well as the ideas found in the bolted book and the work of fortunato depero. This soldout facsimile of the first artists book of the. The bolted book was a ground breaking typographic experiment and bold exploration in nearly every art and design medium.
Official bolted book 2nd printing books to win rules. The first exact copy of fortunato depero s 1927 masterpiece of graphic design and bookmaking depero futurista. The first exact copy of fortunato depero s 1927 iconic avantgarde book, depero futurista. Features original essays by five depero scholars, archival photographs, and pagebypage translations into english of key italian texts from the facsimile. New facsimile edition of fortunato deperos bolted book. Box 5800, ms0501 sandia national laboratories albuquerque, nm 87185 abstract this document provides general guidance for the design and analysis of bolted joint connections. The facsimile edition will be produced in collaboration with the mart, museum of modern and contemporary art of trento and rovereto, which houses the depero archives. Wired magazine calls it one of the worlds most iconic design books. The bolted book facsimile launches on kickstarter designers.
Recognized as the first modern day artists book, depero futurista is commonly known as the bolted book. Oct 17, 2016 the facsimile edition will be produced in collaboration with the mart, museum of modern and contemporary art of trento and rovereto, which houses the depero archives. Filled with typographic experimentation, it also serves as a portfolio showcase of deperos career and. Welcome to the official website for the bolted book, featuring the first exact copy of fortunato deperos 1927 masterpiece of graphic design and.
Kickstarter campaign for second printing of the bolted book. The original copy used to make this facsimile is number 843, which was signed by depero on page 2. The book was a portfolio, business card, and portable museum when the bolts were removed, the pages could be pinned up on a wall, exhibition style. This book trailer was made in support of the bolted book facsimile kickstarter campaign, which. Jul 26, 2016 a new facsimile edition of fortunato deperos 1927 masterpiece depero futuristaaka the bolted bookis poised to launch on kickstarter this fall.
Depero futurista celebrates its 90 th birthday next year, but this book remains remarkably fresh, modern, and relevant today. Help us publish the first exact copy of fortunato depero s 1927 iconic work of avantgarde graphic design and bookmaking. The campaign will run from october 18 through december 1, 2016. Oct 18, 2016 support the kickstarter campaign to publish a new facsimile of the bolted book. Depero futurista also known as the bolted book for the two industrial metal bolts that fastened its pages together is fortunato deperos futurist monograph, considered by many to be the first artists book of the modern era. Jun 08, 2018 the bolted book was a ground breaking typographic experiment and bold exploration in nearly every art and design medium. The new bolted book facsimile will be the first exact copy of the 240page book and will include papers of different colors, textures, and weights and bolts specially crafted to match the originals. Groundbreaking graphic design book will be reproduced, sold. The facsimile edition of depero futurista will be produced in collaboration with the museum of modern and contemporary art of trento and rovereto mart, which houses the depero archives, and the center for italian modern art cima in new york, which featured the bolted book as a centerpiece of its celebrated 2014 inaugural exhibition. An exciting new project has been launched to reissue a rare art book and exquisite object from 1927.